Welcome to Day 4 of the A-Z Blogging Challenge. My theme is:
'Wildlife Encounters'
The dive site in Egypt's Red Sea was called 'Dolphin House'. We listened to the dive
briefing with mounting excitement.
“If you see the dolphins, you have to work to attract their
attention and curiosity. If you want them to engage with you, turn somersaults,
bounce around, and make a lot of noise. Loud squeaking usually works.”
We slipped into the balmy water and descended into the
channel where the dolphins were supposed to visit. Nothing. We hung around for
a while before finally giving up and continuing our exploration along the reef.
We were given a second chance to dive the same site. I was
resigned to not seeing dolphins this time. I certainly wasn’t going to waste my
time hanging around for them.
In we dropped again and began to explore the reef.
My husband found some gorgeous corals topped by an explosion of colourful anthias dipping and flitting around the corals.
So there we were, heads down, examining our find when I casually glanced up.
Dolphins! Right behind us! I grabbed my husband’s arm and
pointed.
I somersaulted. I bounced up and down. I squeaked. I squealed. I screamed. I wiggled my outstretched fingers at them.
The dolphins looked briefly at the noisy, madly gesticulating
creature and swam away.
See you tomorrow - I'll be heading south this time. Can you guess where and what the next
animal will be?
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