Traveler Swims With Rare Dolphins off New Zealand Coast

Storyful
2 年前

Two lucky travelers got the incredible experience of swimming with a pod of rare Hector’s dolphins – the smallest species of dolphin – in Curio Bay, New Zealand.

Travel vlogger Jesse St Louis recorded footage of himself in the water while dolphins swim around him. “We had an amazing chance to swim with wild Hector’s dolphins on the South Coast of New Zealand. Hector’s dolphins are the smallest and rarest marine dolphins in the world,” he said. A full-grown adult is usually four to five feet long.

But St Louis also warned about the need to protect the animals: “Every year, more Hector’s dolphins are killed by fishing nets than are born, and so their numbers continue to decline. Urgent action is needed to save them. Entanglement in fishing nets, especially set nets and trawl nets, is the number one threat to Hector’s dolphins.” Credit: Jesse St Louis via Storyful