00:00Dolphins around the world, remarkable gathering places beyond tourist hotspots.
00:06Dolphins are famous for appearing beside boats and beaches,
00:09but some of their most remarkable gathering places are far from the world's best-known marine destinations.
00:16Around Japan's Amakusa Islands, more than 200 resident bottlenose dolphins can be seen throughout the year.
00:23Plettenberg Bay in South Africa is known for fast-moving groups of common dolphins riding waves together,
00:28while Southern California can produce enormous superpods numbering in the thousands.
00:33In Akaroa, New Zealand, visitors may encounter the small and rare Hector's Dolphin under carefully managed conditions.
00:40Hong Kong's waters are home to pink Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins,
00:44whose unusual color makes them instantly recognizable.
00:48Farther west, Namibia's Luteritz Bay offers sightings of energetic dusky dolphins along a rugged Atlantic coast.
00:56Australia's Port Stephens tracks a resident bottlenose population,
01:00while Florida's Biscayne Bay gives visitors a chance to see dolphins feeding in shallow mangrove-lined estuaries.
01:06The Strait of Gibraltar near Tarifa channels several dolphin species between Europe and Africa.
01:13Northern Japan adds high-speed dolls' porpoises racing through cold Hokkaido waters.
01:18In the Philippines, the Bohol Sea near Pamilican Island is famous for spinner dolphins twisting above the surface.
01:25Maui offers another spinner dolphin stronghold,
01:28where the animals rest in sheltered bays before heading offshore to hunt.
01:32From icy coasts to tropical islands,
01:35these places show how many different environments dolphins can call home.
01:39The Strait of Gibraltar
01:39The Strait of Gibraltar
01:39The Strait of Gibraltar
01:40The Strait of Gibraltar
01:40The Strait of Gibraltar
01:40The Strait of Gibraltar
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