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SAN FRANCISCO — A California boat captain captured rare video of a super pod of more than 2,000 dolphins breaching off the coast of Monterey Bay, including the more elusive northern right whale ...

A whale-watching boat captain in Monterey, Calif., captured footage of a "super pod" consisting of over 2,000 dolphins swimming in the sea Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.