Red Sea Protected areas announced on Friday 20th
of April, the appearance of a rare dolphin species near the island of Magawish
in Hurghada.
Abdullah Abed, a researcher at the Red
Sea Protected areas, and a naval patrol under his supervision, said that they were
able to monitor the appearance of a school of false killer dolphins of 10 to 12
dolphins which is an event Environmentally seldom.
Abed explained that the "false
killer" dolphins rarely appear in the Red Sea, where it was observed, amid
a state of joy for its emergence by maritime operators, as well as tourists.
Dr. Ahmed Ghalab, director of the Red Sea
reserves, said that the reason behind the name of the species is the similarity
between it and the big killer whale species from the appearance and the length
of 5 meters.
He said that the first appearance of this
species in the Red Sea according to official records, was in 1985 and that the
last appearance was observed on April 28, 2012 and the most recent of a short
period in the Sheraton in Hurghada.
He added that monitoring this dolphin’s
species is added to the list of marine organisms that have been observed in the
Red Sea during the past years, including the whale shark, hatchback whale and
sunfish.
source: http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1897975.aspx