Captain 'lost for words' after witnessing a super pod of more than 2k dolphins

I had an experience years ago, that might have qualified as a super pod. But as it was night time so no way to really do more than recount the experience.

South Atlantic, heading north in a motor yacht at 8 knots we were passed by a small group also heading north. Not possible to see much more than their reflections and hear the sounds as they crested. A couple of minutes later the main group caught up with us and passed us on both sides. No idea how wide the pod extended but it took at least fifteen minutes or so for the group to pass. A couple of minutes later another following group passed as well.

I like to wonder about the outrider groups.

Going on an early morning, deep sea fishing cruise off Huntington Beach CA's coast circa 2015 with rented gear, the boat had to stop and float silent because of Dolphins. I didn't think this was a thing, until I saw thousands of dolphin adults and younglings speeding past, chasing wherever the fish might be. Ofc, nobody caught much of anything that run. It was the only time I ever tried it. I remember watching Hellboy 2 playing on the TV while we returned to shore.

From the future, Banda Sea Incident:

>Apparently a fisherman in the Banda Sea captured video of a Hartz-Timor Horus unit refueling via biomatter conversion along the shoreline of Pulau Wetar. On a pod of endangered dolphins, no less, quite possibly the last of their kind. Not to get graphic, but it looks like what happens inside a blender, as if the robot was whipping up a big pink swirling milkshake of dolphin chum. Our suppression team has scrubbed it from 43 networks, but it's still propagating, so it's only a matter of time before it goes viral. A prepared statement feels grossly insufficient. Any suggestions? This one's a real stinker.

All this must be due to conservation efforts. We see more whales, even more attacks by whales on boats, and now dolphins. So it's working.

The animals are getting smart and realizing humans are their common enemy and an existential threat.

Good bye and thank you for the fish

Curious that they don’t have a dorsal fin. Slightly looks wrong.