OK. I have a lot of favorit animals - Actually I can't really think of an animal that I don't like..... BUT the dolphins or maybe I should say the whales, are absolutely some of the top score......

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OK. Jeg har rigtigt mange favorit dyr - Faktisk kan jeg ikke komme i tanke om et eneste dyr jeg ikke bryder mig om..... MEN delfinen, eller måske skulle jeg sige hvalen, topper absolut på min hitliste......

Actually dolphins are toothed whales and although they are not as big as the large whales, their brains are more developed. We all know Flipper and how easy it is to teach dolphins all sorts of tricks. Then you can sit down and think about IF we should learn them these tricks? And why?

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Faktisk er delfiner hvaler med tænder og selvom de i størrelsen ikke kan måle sig med de store hvaler, er deres hjerner mere udviklede. Vi kender alle Flipper og ved hvor nemt det er for os mennesker, at lære den alle tænklige tricks. Så kan man sætte sig ned og spørge sig selv OM vi skal lære dem disse tricks? Og hvorfor?

Because it's so dark underwater, whales and dolphins can't rely on their eyesight. Instead they are using something called echolocation. They are using sound to help them find their way and to hunt, by sending out sound waves, which bounce off other objects. If a whale or a dolphin detects an echo, it knows that something is in the way.

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Da det er så mørkt under vandet kan hvaler og delfiner ikke stole på deres syn. I stedet bruger de deres sonar. De bruger lyd til at finde vej og til at jage, ved at sende lydbølger ud, der bliver kastet tilbage når de rammer et objekt. Opdager hvalen eller delfinen et ekko, ved den at den kan "støde" på noget.

On this tour we went with Ocean Safari and it was a great boat ride!!!

I would really have liked to see some whales, unfortunately we didn't, because it was out of season, but we got the chance to see so many Bottlenose dolphins and a couple of Common dolphins.

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Vi tog med Ocean Safari ud på denne skønne sejltur!

Jeg ville frygteligt gerne have set nogle hvaler, men det gjorde vi desværre ikke, da det var ude for sæsonen. Istedet så vi en hel del delfiner; "Bottlenose" og "Common dolphins".

There were about 800 sealions in this colony, which were at Robberg Island just outside of Plettenberg Bay.

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Der var ca. 800 søløver i denne koloni, der var ved Robberg øen lidt ude for Plettetberg Bay.

The female sealions are migrating with the anchovies and then returning to the island in the mating-season.

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Hun søløverne følger ansjoserne, men vender tilbage til øen i parrings tiden tiden.