Photo: Bottlenose Dolphin Leaps L Oceanografic Valencia

Each Bottlenose Dolphin at the L'Oceanografic in Valencia, Spain performs high leaps where they reach great heights out of the water.

Two trainers stand ankle deep in the water at the L'Oceanografic at the City of Arts and Science in Valencia, Spain giving commands to the Bottlenose Dolphins. Two of the dolphins perform their leaps and clear the surface of the water easily showing off their entire body.

The pool water trickles off each Bottlenose Dolphin as it leaps out of the water while the trainer holds her hand up to encourage the performance of this energetic feat. Bottlenose Dolphins seem to perform their leaps very easily as they are full of energy and leaps like these are something a dolphin does naturally, even in the wild.

Dolphins are like humans in some ways, as on any given day, they may not be in the mood to perform and the trainers can easily read their moods and back off certain tricks.

Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, at the L'Oceanographic in the La Ciutat de les Arts i les Cienies Complex, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, The City of the Arts and Science, in the City of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Europe.

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