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Antonio Ramirez

As we’ve written before, we’re not sure if we should be scared of dolphins or not. So we don’t quite know what to make of this “super mega-pod” of dolphins sighted off the San Diego coastline. It was seven miles long, five miles wide, and it contained an estimated 100,000 dolphins.

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NBC San Diego reports:

[Captain Joe] Dutra said the boat tour followed the pod for more than an hour and said he’s never seen anything like it.

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“When you see something that is honestly truly beyond belief,” the captain said. …

“They were coming from all directions, you could see them from as far as the eye can see,” he said. “I’ve seen a lot of stuff out here … but this is the biggest I’ve ever seen, ever.” …

“You had to be there to experience it,” he said.  “It was truly spectacular.”

Truly spectacular? Or truly terrifying? What was this super mega-pod doing there exactly? Feasting on sardines and squid? Or planning to take over the world from the humans, who’ve at last proved themselves incapable of being in charge?

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