{"id":143939,"date":"2025-09-17T19:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/143939\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:41:09","slug":"dolphins-put-on-a-jumping-show-off-the-coast-of-haifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/143939\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins put on a jumping show off the coast of Haifa"},"content":{"rendered":"

A breathtaking dolphin<\/a> display captivated researchers off the Haifa<\/a> coast this week, as a large pod of mothers and calves performed continuous leaps for more than an hour during a deep-sea survey.The event was documented on Tuesday by scientists from the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station at the University of Haifa\u2019s School of Marine Sciences<\/a>, together with the Delphis NGO. The dolphins were also recorded acoustically, and researchers are now analyzing whether two different whale species were heard during the survey.<\/p>\n

Footage of the dolphins<\/p>\n

(Video: Eden Barzilay)<\/p>\n

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Unique glimpse into dolphin behavior<\/p>\n

\u201cThis sighting of bottlenose dolphins at such distance and depth, far from fishing boats, gives us a rare look at behaviors not often observed,\u201d said Yaeli Mevorach, a doctoral student studying cetacean communication. \u201cIt raises fascinating questions: Do completely separate pods remain offshore at all times? What drives them away from the coast?\u201d<\/p>\n

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4 View gallery <\/p>\n

\"\u05d3\u05d5\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05df<\/a>\"\u05d3\u05d5\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05df<\/p>\n

Dolphins off the coast of Haifa <\/p>\n

(Photo: Dr. Aviad Scheinin)<\/p>\n

Dr. Aviad Scheinin, head of top-predator research at the station and a co-founder of Delphis, said the pod displayed rich social behaviors. \u201cWe observed group resting and an endless jumping display,\u201d he said. \u201cThese findings reinforce the understanding that the Carmel slope is a vital habitat for marine mammals in Israel\u2019s deep waters and highlight the importance of continued research, documentation, and protection.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey was conducted aboard the University of Haifa\u2019s research vessel Sagitta, in cooperation with the EcoOcean association, as part of an ongoing study of Israel\u2019s deep-sea Carmel slope that began in 2022 under Scheinin\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

According to Scheinin, the area records unusually frequent visual and acoustic observations of marine mammals compared to Israel\u2019s other deep-water zones. The unique topography, he noted, brings deep-sea habitats much closer to shore than along Israel\u2019s southern coastline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A breathtaking dolphin display captivated researchers off the Haifa coast this week, as a large pod of mothers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-143939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}