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Marine researchers notice strange whale behaviour off Victoria's coastline

As a pod of "pretty dolphins" pop up next to the research boat David Donnelly is skippering, even the seasoned researchers seem caught by a wave of delight.

The common dolphins have a stripe down their side and are popular on the survey vessel, named Delphinidae, because they tend to leap from the water more than their bottlenose compatriots.

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