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21 March 2021

swimmers of the sea

 
A short beaked common dolphin. They are one of three species of dolphins in the Black Sea (the others being bottlenose and harbour porpoise).They are social animals often in pods of over 1,000. They are also fast swimmers (60km/hr) and known for their aerial acrobatics.
The Black Sea is an inland sea bordered by Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey

for Sunday Stamps - the deep blue sea

8 comments:

Bob Scotney said...

A beautiful animal which I would love to see.

No swimmer for me - http://bit.ly/3cWzmDw

Mail Adventures said...

The dolphin is represented in a beautiful way on this stamp.

See my marine creatures here, if you wish.

Joy said...

Fascinating creatures, I've seen dolphins coming in with the tide in Scotland, not as warm as dolphin watching on the Black Sea.
My blue sea inhabitants arehere

viridian said...

Here is mine:
http://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/2021/03/sunday-stamps-deep-blue-sea.html

Ana said...

I love love dolphins but never would have associated them with the Black Sea in Bulgaria, which some silly misconception of mine as if I had known all about the Black Sea being so close to me


well after a longer while, a post of mine - Starfish

violet s said...

I was also surprised to learn there were so many dolphins in the Black Sea.

Mail Adventures said...

I'm afraid your link is wrong. I found your blog anyway :)

Joy said...

Oops that was a rabbit hole here is hopefully deep blue