- Footage was filmed by drone off coast of Monterey, California on May 14
- It shows 1,500 dolphins ‘snout-riding’ a calf and its mother
- Experts say ‘snout-riding’ is a way to encourage the whale to move forward
Dramatic aerial footage shows hundreds of dolphins playing with a humpback whale off the coast of California.
The drone footage was filmed during a recent whale-watching trip near Monterey.
The Monterey Bay Whale Watch video, which was filmed on May 14, shows about 1,500 dolphins ‘snout-riding’ the calf and its mother.
Dramatic aerial footage shows hundreds of dolphins playing with a humpback whale off the coast of California
The drone footage was filmed during a recent whale-watching trip near Monterey
The Monterey Bay Whale Watch video, which was filmed on May 14, shows about 1,500 dolphins ‘snout-riding’ the calf and its mother
Marine biologists believe that this practice of ‘snout-riding’ is a way to get the whale to move forward
‘The dolphins seem to really enjoy this and the whales aren’t really bothered,’ Nancy Black, marine biologist at Monterey Bay Whale Watch, said
Marine biologists believe that this practice of ‘snout-riding’ is a way to get the whale to move forward.
‘The dolphins seem to really enjoy this and the whales aren’t really bothered,’ Nancy Black, marine biologist at Monterey Bay Whale Watch, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
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