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35:56.02N 3:02.15W
What island sits right in the middle of the Mar de Alboran (at
the western end of the Mediterranean)?
Isla de Alboran. A nature reserve with a lighthouse and a
military detachment in residence. It didn't look worth a
visit.
As we approached the island we had some big
bottle-nosed dolphins performing off the bows. One part of this
performance was to poo while doing a manoeuvre,
which looks just like the vapor trial in an air display. Several of
them did this. Was it just a result of the exertion or
excitement, or was it part of a planned routine?
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Yesterday we got visited by all sorts of birds. I
guess we are quite close to North Africa right now. One tiny bird was
quite insistent that it should spend the night indoors. Usually a
bird will try to stay as far away from you as
possible, so a couple of people can easily herd it out of a room.
This one was not afraid of us at all, which made herding impossible. It
would just sit in a corner and then duck past you if you tried to pick it
up. We managed to get it out in the end, and closed the fly screens
for a while, but Andrea thinks she saw it sneak back in later and hide somewhere
indoors, after it went dark.
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