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More dolphins returning to the Sound

Updated: Saturday, 04 Jul 2009, 10:27 AM EDT
Published : Saturday, 04 Jul 2009, 10:27 AM EDT

    Experts say more dolphins are visiting Long Island Sound this summer.

    They say they've recorded a pod of at least 100 bottlenose dolphins in the Sound. Joseph Schnierlein of the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk says dolphins are often spotted in the Sound, but nobody's seen this many there since the 1950s.

    Kim Durham of the Riverhead Foundation on Long Island says the coastal bottlenose dolphin is more commonly seen off the coast of New Jersey and farther south. She says the Long Island Sound dolphins should do well as long as they're not bothered by humans.

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