Some dusky behaviours....

These dusky dolohin are a highly acrobatic species as you may have seen from the previous pictures throughout this blog, they also show us other behaviours each day. One very strange behaviour we see alot is when the dolohins decide to tail slap, it can last for ages, the dolphin rolls onto its back and begins slapping its tail, this has often been followed by mating, when the dolphins go belly to belly, so the tail slapping could be related to a courtship behaviour or a mating signal, i guess we'll never know, but it's pretty funny when it happens. Sometimes we even see a jump and a tail slap together, they're a playful bunch!