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Dolphins (Ecotourism): Humans
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Common dolphins face a mixture of threats due to human influence. Populations have been hunted off the coast of Peru for use as food and shark bait. In most other areas the dolphins have not been hunted directly. Several thousand individuals have been caught in industrial trawler nets throughout their range. Common dolphins were abundant in the western Mediterranean Sea until the 1960s but occurrences there have tailed off rapidly. The reasons are not well understood but are believed to be due to extensive human activity in the area.
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If dolphins had dentists, those docs would be busy. Some dolphins have even more teeth than crocodiles. Their extremely long jaws may contain as many as 250 pointy white teeth. Unlike predatory crocodiles, though, dolphins aren't interested in chomping on human swimmers. There are no reliable reports of wild dolphins attacking people.
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Captive dolphins have been trained to deal with humans. Most often, captive dolphins live in a pool or ocean enclosure. Some facilities allow dolphins to live in a pen. These dolphins are introduced to humans through diver interaction. The divers use food treats to get the dolphin accustomed to human interaction.
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This adventure allows you to see how dolphins behave in their natural habitat including feeding habits and social behavior. If you are lucky they will come so close that you can feel their energy. For these wild dolphins the experience depends exclusively on their motivation at the time as they may or may not be receptive to human contact.
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Ganges River dolphins live in a river whose banks house a tenth of the world's human population. It is common for river dolphins to have small eyes, and the Ganges River dolphin is almost blind.
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The interaction between humands and dolphins is supervised in a friendly and relaxed manner to ensure the welfare of the dolphins is maintained. All this results in a chance encounter being inspirational and memorable.
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