Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphin at Barcelona, 30/05/11

Tursiops truncatus truncatus

Dolphin show number four for the trip! I\'ve seen this one before, not at all bad but let down compared to the others we saw that week (Lisbon, Madrid, Valencia) by the smaller facilities and presence of only two animals. Although also quite possibly a little dolphin show fatigue on our part!

I also think it's a great shame that there are no longer dolphins on exhibit in Aqua-rama - the pool there isn't ideal for the sea lions as there is no proper land area (I did notice the large raft floating there!) and it means you now can't see Barcelona's dolphins without going to the show. I guess if the plans for the separate marine zoo come off then this will be fixed but who knows when (or if!) that will happen.