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"I want that toy!"
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Several dolphins swim by.
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Shy swims with her 3-months old son, Raja, whistling.
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"I am behind you, eating your bubbles!"
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Playing with a target that fell into water.
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Playing with a stone in sand.
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Shy whistle-calls her name.
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Nana teaches her one-month old daughter Sheba some life lessons.
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Dana gives some rubs to Yampa and Sheba, with both of her flippers the same time.
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And can you catch a jelly-fish, while wearing something on your flipper, like Yampa does?
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Family rub fun. But electric rays in the sand are not fun even for dolphins.
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Bubble-ring biting games.
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More bubble-ring biting games.
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And more bubble-ring biting games.
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Decorating times - trying to stick a sea urchin into a net-wall.
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A female offers herself to a male.
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Bubble rings are always fun.
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And some good splash massage.
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Lemon visits from outside, being in the open sea.
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Bubble-ring biting from a very close distance.
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Dana plays with bubble rings. Yampa and another juvenile join her.
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The same company again, playing with bubble rings, checking if I hid something in the sand under myself.
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Spinner bottlenose dolphin.
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Tail-slapping.
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Just checking.
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Yes, just checking.
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Shy whistle-calls her name, while looking at the sandy bottom.
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Pregnant dolphins like some rubs, too.
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But then, who doesn't?
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Rubs at the surface.
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Not everybody does bubble rings.
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Digging a little stone out of sand.
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Some dolphins are ticklish.
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Some dolphins are even more ticklish.
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More of Shy whistle-calling.
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Dana whistle-calls.
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Playing with a free-diver.
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"Catch me!"
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Socialising.
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Cindy checks divers who leave his waters.
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"Can I have a free raid to the surface, please?"
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Luna's flukes are being chased.
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Fluke-chasing continues.
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Yampa: "Hey, I know a better way to put weight-belts, let me help you!".
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Looking for stones in the sand.
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Socialising.
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Everybody wants to play with Yampa's piece of cloth.
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Checking the net-wall.
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Yampa swims by.
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More of Cindy checking the divers.
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Something is definitely in the sand.
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More socialising.
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Dinner time for little Sheba.
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Yampa joins divers for a rub.
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Yampa and Luna are checking the net-wall, looking for fish that is careless enough to peek out.
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Yampa has got something in her mouth.
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Mother and her calf are swimming together.
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Conflict.
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More of simultaneous pec-rubbing.
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Dana whistle-calls her name.
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Dana came to play with bubble-rings, with his 3 weeks old son, Neo.
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Dana chases Neo's tail flukes.
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Bubble rings can be crashed with flukes, too.
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Wearing a bubble ring, and more dolphins with bubble rings.
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More of dolphins with bubble rings.
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Dana chases Neo some more.
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Dolphins wait for bubble rings.
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And more bubble rings. Dana whistle-calls her name while her flukes are being rubbed.
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Nana swims on her back.
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A dolphin family.
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Shy is swimming around.
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Dana visited for some bubble-ring biting.
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Dana and Neo join several other dolphins to look for something
at the bottom.
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Lots of rubbing and scratching.
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Neo has some nice rubs, wants more!
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Neo approaches visitors, but his mother, Dana, doesn't like it.
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Spring days are buzzy days for dolphins. Dana is a center of everybody's attention.
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What would happen if you give a piece of neoprene to a dolphin?
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Pregnant Shy also likes rubs.
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