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A group of over 2,000 dolphins — including some rarely spotted species — were caught on camera swimming off the coast of California.

The phenomenon, known as a super pod, was captured by

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, a boat captain and videographer, while conducting research with his crew in Monterey Bay, Calif., last Friday.

Brodsky, who works for Monterey Bay Whale Watch, a private boat touring company in the area, told NBC News that he and his colleagues

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they noticed about 18 km from the shore.

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Among the group were northern right whale dolphins, a famously elusive species that usually keeps to deeper waters away from the coast.

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Northern right whale dolphins are distinct for their lack of a dorsal fin, the flat triangular appendage located on the back of many marine animals, including sharks and whales.

“They’re all smooth…when they jump, they look like

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Photographer Evan Brodsky said the jumping dolphins looked like “flying eyebrows.”

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According to the

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, a U.K.-based nonprofit, right whale dolphins have a marked ****** and white pattern on the underside of their bodies and are commonly mistaken for herds of leaping fur seals or sea lions due to their shape and colour.

The seldom-seen creatures, which tend to travel in large groups of 100 to 200, often mix with other highly sociable and acrobatic species, including Pacific white-sided dolphins, short-finned pilot whales and Risso’s dolphins.

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On Friday, the right whale dolphins were joined in Monterey Bay by light grey baby calves and hundreds of Pacific white-sided dolphins, according to the boat captain.

The nonprofit says groups of up to 3,000 individual northern right whale dolphins have been recorded in the past.

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