'Flippers and Fins'

'Flippers and Fins'
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Jo-Ann Hunt©

'Flippers and Fins'
 Jo-Ann Hunt ©
'The Child Within...Summer ' Series
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H47x47ins
Acrylic on Canvas
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'Flippers' or 'Fins?'.

What are they called in your house?  In mine it was 'flippers', but my kids

probably use both terms. Having come through the rigours of swim school

and hours spent 'following the line', 'fins' were a part of their training kit.

But flippers mean more than just rubber for your feet.

remember this fabulous creature?

Do we love dolphins because of their smiling face, or has it something

to do with this? my generation has a huge soft spot for the star

of the 60's TV show, 'Flipper'.

'Flipper' with Sandy ....
....from the tv show 1964-67....plus years of re-runs!

'Flipper' with Bud

a couple of weeks ago , on the TV news on 11 June,  they showed

this huge pod of Bottlenose dolphins surfing the waves

at Observatory Beach, off Esperance, Western Australia.

excuse my screen-capture but how perfect!

researcher Dave Riggs captured this unique footage by drone...

apparently they do it just for the fun of it....usually only

in the bigger waves....just like humans!

 awesome!!

for the link to Dave Riggs 'You-Tube' footage, click here  

...30 seconds of fishy fun!

'Flippers and Fins'
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Jo-Ann Hunt©

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