ANIMAL BEHAVIOR & DISASTER PRECURSORS: "I've Never Seen Anything Like This Before" - Almost A THOUSAND Dolphins Gather In A "Super Pod" Off The Coast Of Vancouver, Canada?!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - CANADA </span></b>- A super-sized pod of nearly 1,000 dolphins was spotted Thursday in western Canada's Strait of Georgia.<br /><br />The dolphin pack was captured on video by passengers on board a BC Ferries vessel traveling from Galiano Island to Tsawwassen.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gx5QfEXIR8M/UnlcZzpKrdI/AAAAAAABNGI/eipFok3MPNg/s1600/dolphinssuperpod01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gx5QfEXIR8M/UnlcZzpKrdI/AAAAAAABNGI/eipFok3MPNg/s1600/dolphinssuperpod01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exciting ride: A ferry boat traveling Canada's Strait of Georgia witnessed a large group of<br />almost 1,000 dolphins last Thursday. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />'I've never seen anything like this before,' Rob Maguire, the man who filmed the dolphins, told Global News. 'The last time I saw an orca or dolphin was more than 15 years ago.' <br /><br />The species of dolphins filmed yesterday was determined to be the Pacific white-sided dolphin, according to Dr Lance Barrett-Lennard, head of whale and dolphin research at Vancouver Aquarium.<br /><br />This species of dolphin is known to travel in large pods of 50 to 200 and as big as 2,000 but Dr Barrett-Lennard called their appearance in the Strait as a 'rare and unique occurrence'.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sUL9WcVvY6g/UnlcwxHfkfI/AAAAAAABNGM/gj2Fq3C2cos/s1600/dolphinssuperpod02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sUL9WcVvY6g/UnlcwxHfkfI/AAAAAAABNGM/gj2Fq3C2cos/s1600/dolphinssuperpod02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once in a lifetime: The dolphin pod was spotted in Canada's Strait of Georgia and BC Ferries <br />workers on the boat said they haven't seen anything like it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Packs that big would normally be seen in coastal waters.<br /><br />Mr Maguire said he spoke with BC Ferries workers who said they'd never seen 'anything like this before'.<br /><br />After about three minutes, the dolphins disappeared out of sight and the experience changed the mood of the ride.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fv7n1bcemXk/Unlc-yPq5lI/AAAAAAABNGU/DYy1qEf5jNw/s1600/dolphinssuperpod03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fv7n1bcemXk/Unlc-yPq5lI/AAAAAAABNGU/DYy1qEf5jNw/s1600/dolphinssuperpod03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Rare and unique occurrence': A dolphin expert told Global News it was strange to see<br />such a large back in Sound waters.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />'It was a pretty quiet ferry ride until the dolphins turned up because no one was really talking to one another,' Mr Maguire said. 'But afterwards everyone was abuzz, strangers were talking with strangers and getting to know one another.'<br /><br />Diane Williams was on the ferry and standing next to Mr Maguire when he took the video. She commented on the video when he posted it to YouTube.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: lime;"><b>WATCH:</b></span> Tourists' delight at dolphin super-pod sighting. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/YjYDFHQdiwc?showinfo=0&version=3" width="570"></iframe></div><br /><br />'Absolutely amazing,' she said. 'Moved me to tears. In 35 years of traveling to Mayne [Island] I have never seen such a sight before.' - <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487400/Video-shows-moment-ferry-boat-encounters-rare-gathering-1-000-dolphins.html"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Daily Mail</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /></div>

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November 05, 2013 - CANADA - A super-sized pod of nearly 1,000 dolphins was spotted Thursday in western Canada's Strait of Georgia. The ...

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