A striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalbawith connected “thumbs” photographed in the Gulf of Corinth in July 2023. (Image credit: © Alexandros Frantzis/Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute)
An odd dolphin in the Gulf of Corinth has actually established interesting, hook-shaped “thumbs” taken of its flippers, pictures reveal.
Scientists with the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute found the dolphin on 2 celebrations this summertime throughout boat studies off the coast of Greece. In spite of the uncommon look of its flippers, the animal equaled the rest of its pod and was seen “swimming, jumping, bow-riding, playing” with other dolphins, stated Alexandros Frantzis, the clinical planner and president of the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute.
“It was the extremely very first time we saw this unexpected flipper morphology in 30 years of studies outdoors sea and likewise in research studies while keeping track of all the stranded dolphins along the coasts of Greece for 30 years,” Frantzis, who took the photos of the thumbed dolphin, informed Live Science in an e-mail.
The Gulf of Corinth is a semi-enclosed pocket of the Ionian Sea, sandwiched in between the Greek mainland and the Peloponnese peninsula. It is home to a distinct mixed-species society of dolphins that consists of typical dolphins (Delphinus delphis