Last week, a group of dolphins were sighted in a New York City river, which came as a pleasant surprise to residents of the Big Apple. The moment was captured in a video that was later released by the authorities through the networks, who celebrated the fun episode. “Great news!”they exclaimed.
The playful dolphins were discovered in the Bronx River at the height of Starlight Park, which is located just south of the Bronx Zoo, as reported Bronx River Alliance. In the video released by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the animals can be seen swimming in the cold water, while their fins jump to the surface.
In this context, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation indicated that the presence of the dolphins was a sign of a healthy river and they were probably looking for fishwhich the department provides by restocking the Bronx River with the species alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and other fish each year.
“It’s true: Dolphins were seen in the Bronx River this week! This is great news: it shows that the decades-long effort to restore the river as a healthy habitat is working. We believe that these dolphins naturally found their way to the river in search of fish,” authorities wrote through the networks along with the video that was initially captured by Nick Banco.
According to local media, this is not the first time dolphins have been seen in New York City. In fact, bottlenose dolphins have become frequent visitors to the New York-New Jersey Harbor estuary, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Thus, it is not the first time that an unexpected animal has been seen in the Bronx, one of the five metropolitan boroughs of New York City. And it is that in the last month of December a bald eagle was seen five times over the Bronx river, according to the Bronx River Alliance.
A few days ago, a group of dark dolphins arrived at the coast of Madrid and it attracted the attention of dozens of lovers of marine life. Among the followers who came to witness the appearance of hundreds of copies, It was Maxi Jonas who, with his professional camera, captured the exact moment when a dolphin jumped over the boats. Later, he recorded a video from above, aiming to get a look at the herd in full motion. Thanks to the transparency of the water, it is possible to see the animals clearly.
Once the image and video were made public, they quickly went viral. Before the magnificence of nature, users were stunned and they reacted with comments like: “Thank you, thank you, thank you for being able to give us this beauty”; “Angels of the water are the most beautiful thing that can be seen”; “It looks like a movie”; “There are no words to define these beauties” and “Thank you, you are my eyes.”
Regarding the kind of dark dolphin, It is a cetacean that abounds in the waters from Patagoniasince it is native to that area. It is highly gregarious, very friendly and acrobatic, because they constantly jump. It usually lives in communities of 15 but in many cases it can appear in groups of hundreds.
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