18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
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The Bottle-Nose Dolphin is participating in strand feeding where he is pushing fish onto the shore to then grab them. It is a form of feeding usually done with a group of two to five at a time. They always go onto the shore on their right side. They are more active around low tide.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: South Carolina, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D4
Copyright: © Michael Watts