Omri Omesi, the inspector of the marine unit in the Eilat area of the Nature and Parks Authority, told about the amazing experience he had before the start of Yom Kippur and the beginning of the new year.
I accompanied for about an hour ten individuals of dolphins of a deadly bottlenose dolphin species.
I chose to keep a distance of about a hundred meters from the group and sailed at the same time as them, much to my surprise, the dolphins chose to approach me near the bow of the jet ski and the stern waves.
"They swam leisurely and showed a lot of interest in me. At one point I stopped the motorcycle and turned off the engine, the band stayed around me and I could hear countless whistles and sonar scans."
"Extraordinary experience", photo: Omri Omesi of the Nature and Parks Authority
He also said: "I entered the water with a camera, the group surrounded me for many minutes, scanned my body and approached me from different directions. I did not feel uncomfortable at any point, but due to the fact that these are wild animals that do not show interest in humans as a matter of routine, I chose to end the encounter with that I got back on the sea motorcycle. I returned to sailing towards the south. The band continued to accompany me throughout the voyage, until I could see them converging into a dense crowd and thus crossing the border into Egypt."
The Nature and Gardens Authority stated that once every few years, we get a short visit from a group of large and impressive marine mammals.
There is a high probability that it is the same band.
This is a species from the dolphin family called the deadly porpoise.
The gophers reach an impressive size of about six meters and weigh a ton and a half, are characterized by a unique facial structure and particularly thick teeth.
are known as predators that feed on, among other things, other small marine mammals.
This fascinating encounter was made possible further by the report of Mashaf Ben Ezra, a doctoral student from the marine laboratory, who noticed the band from the shore.
They get a visit once every few years, photo: Omri Umesi of the Nature and Parks Authority
"At this meeting I identified at least two males, four females whose cubs are in an advanced stage of development, and one or two more that I could not identify their gender. We have wonderful nature, in honor of the new year, I wish us all a year of nature conservation and more exciting observations," Omri adds.
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