Photos by U.S. photographer, Doug Perrine, 59, took the in-your-face shot of a dolphin leaping when he travelled to the Bahamas and elsewhere.
![Hey there! A bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), leaps from the water in Bahamas](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/24/article-0-12BD95C6000005DC-955_634x852.jpg?resize=634%2C852)
![Choppy: Surfing bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus (formerly Tursiops truncatus) jump out of the back of a breaking wave on the Wild Coast in Transkei, South Africa](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/24/article-0-12BD93D5000005DC-65_634x401.jpg?resize=634%2C401)
![When the sun sets... Bottlenose dolphins leap in front of a setting sun near the Bahamas](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/24/article-0-12BD9B4A000005DC-37_634x424.jpg?resize=634%2C424)
![... the party starts: Silhouettes of two dolphins leaping from the sea near the Bahamas](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/24/article-0-12BD9309000005DC-147_634x521.jpg?resize=634%2C521)
‘Many dolphins have learned how to gather enough food in a short time, leaving them with lots of time to socialise and entertain themselves,’ said Mr Perrine.
‘There are many indications that dolphins have what we would call a “sense of humour”. They may do things for no other apparent reason than that they are fun.
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