Photos by Alexandros Frantzis

Dear "pakx", I am Dr. Alexandros Frantzis from the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, a scientific NGO studying whales and dolphins in Greece. You have photographed a short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), which is not common at all anymore despite its name. This species has disappeared from the biggest part of the Mediterranean Sea. A few populations units still survive in the northern Aegean Sea. Would you be kind enough to provide the exact date (or month and year at least) that you took the photo and describe as well as you can the position (e.g. 1 km sout-east of ...), together with the number of animals that you observed. You can contact us at afrantzis@otenet.gr or www.pelagosinstitute.gr

Αγαπητέ Απόστολε, εάν είσαι έλληνας (το πιο πιθανό...) συγνώμη για τα αγγλικά στο μήνυμα σχετικά με το Ινστιτούτο Κητολογικών Ερευνών Πέλαγος και τα δελφίνια της φωτογραφίας σου. Θα μας βοηθήσεις πολύ εάν έρθεις σε επαφή μαζί μας (afrantzis@otenet.gr or www.pelagosinstitute.gr) και μας δόσεις κάποιες παραπάνω πληροφορίες (ημερομηνία ή έστω μήνα και έτος, περίπου θέση και αριθμό δελφινιών). Το είδος δελφινιού στη φωτογραφία σου (Delphinus delphis ή κοινό δελφίνι, κατ' όνομα πια "κοινό" μια και είναι σπάνιο) κινδυνεύει με εξαφάνιση και κάθε καταγραφή του είναι σημαντική τόσο ως επιστημονική γνώση όσο και για την προστασία του.

Dear "akatan", I am Dr. Alexandros Frantzis from the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, a scientific NGO studying whales and dolphins in Greece. You have photographed short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), which are not common at all anymore despite their name. This species has disappeared from the biggest part of the Mediterranean Sea. A few populations units still survive in the northern Aegean Sea. Would you be kind enough to provide the exact date (or month and year at least) that you took the photo and describe as well as you can the position (e.g. 1 km south-east of ...), together with the number of animals that you observed. You can contact us at afrantzis@otenet.gr or www.pelagosinstitute.gr Thank you in advance!

Dear "pakx", I am Dr. Alexandros Frantzis from the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, a scientific NGO studying whales and dolphins in Greece. You have photographed short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), which are not common at all anymore despite their name. This species has disappeared from the biggest part of the Mediterranean Sea. A few populations units still survive in the northern Aegean Sea. Would you be kind enough to provide the exact date (or month and year at least) that you took the photo and describe as well as you can the position (e.g. 1 km south-east of ...), together with the number of animals that you observed. You can contact us at afrantzis@otenet.gr or www.pelagosinstitute.gr Thank you in advance!

Dear "pakx", I am Dr. Alexandros Frantzis from the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, a scientific NGO studying whales and dolphins in Greece. You have photographed short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), which are not common at all anymore despite their name. This species has disappeared from the biggest part of the Mediterranean Sea. A few populations units still survive in the northern Aegean Sea. Would you be kind enough to provide the exact date (or month and year at least) that you took the photo and describe as well as you can the position (e.g. 1 km south-east of ...), together with the number of animals that you observed. You can contact us at afrantzis@otenet.gr or www.pelagosinstitute.gr Thank you in advance!

Dear Leonardo Mascioli, I am Dr. Alexandros Frantzis, scientific director of the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, a scientific NGO studying whales and dolphins in Greece. You have photographed some short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), which are not common at all anymore despite their name. This species has disappeared from the biggest part of the Mediterranean Sea. A few populations units still survive in the northern Aegean Sea. Would you be kind enough to provide the exact date (or month and year at least) that you took the photo and describe as well as you can the position (e.g. 1 km south-east of ...), together with the number of animals that you observed. You can contact us at afrantzis@otenet.gr or www.pelagosinstitute.gr Thank you a lot in advance

Dear Ivan Grossi, I am Dr. Alexandros Frantzis from the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, a scientific NGO studying whales and dolphins in Greece. You have photographed a short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), which is not common at all anymore despite its name. This species has disapreared from the biggest part of the Mediterranean Sea. A few populations units still survive in the northern Aegean Sea. Would you be kind enough to provide the exact date (or month and year at least) that you took the photo and describe as well as you can the position (e.g. 1 km sout-east of ...), together with the number of animals that you observed. You can contact us at afrantzis@otenet.gr or www.pelagosinstitute.gr

Dear friend, I am contacting you as scientific coordinator of the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute. We are studying these whales in Crete since more than 10 years now and we know them almost all one by one through photo-identification. Your observation and photo can be very useful from the scientific point of view. Can you please contact us at afrantzis@otenet.gr or at +30-210-8960108? Thanks in advance.

Αγαπητέ φίλε, το Ινστιτούτο Κητολογικών Ερευνών Πέλαγος μελετά τους φυσητήρες στην Κρήτη και την Ελλάδα εδώ και πάνω από 10 χρόνια. Η παρατήρησή σου και οι σχετικές λεπτομέρειες μπορεί να είναι επιστημονικά πολύτιμες. Μπορείς σε παρακαλούμε να έρθεις σε επαφή μαζί μας στο afrantzis@otenet.gr ή στο 210-8960108. Σε ευχαριστούμε εκ των προτέρων για τη βοήθεια.