My childhood dream became a reality four days ago when I went swimming with Makai and Megara with my Boyfriend Brad. Magara and Makai are mother and daughter, bottle nosed dolphins living in the Atlantis Resorts Dolphin Cay located in the Bahamas. It was truly an amazing experience getting to play with, dance with and kiss these brilliant animals! For one of their tricks, I got to lay down on a boogie board while Makai pushed me across the water like a rocket. I had no idea how strong their rostrums were (their snouts), but apparently that was their minimum power that they were exerting on us. Dolphins can actually push up to two times their own body weight, so the average bottle nosed dolphin can push up to 600 to 1000 pounds! Crazy stuff. I still can't believe that I got this opportunity to swim with these beautiful animals... Definitely up there on my list of coolest experiences I've ever had.
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