In the distance, a straggling herd of wildebeest arced up and back into the grass like dolphins leaping from the water.
You might imagine that a 13-year-old girl would talk about emotive things like dolphins and rainbows, and talk in pink generics such as "making the world a better place".
But the new bill could lead to the removal of limits on incidental kills, which protect animals like sea turtles or dolphins caught in fishing nets.
Peru-based Aqua Expeditions launches the MV Aria this month, a 150-foot boat that will sail up the northern Amazon to view remote locations and rare wildlife like the native pink dolphins.
The BBC team and I followed the smugglers out of Khasab harbour in a boat, behind dolphins that streaked through the water like torpedoes.
Most passengers languish on deck as the Tucker T cuts through the sheltered sea of the Bay, keeping their eyes peeled for the dolphins and penguins that occasionally surface alongside like bobbing corks.
Daniel Thomas, a former Kansas State running back who now plays for the Miami Dolphins, said the opportunity to see landmarks like Times Square and the Empire State Building made the trip memorable.
"It could either be reports of whales and dolphins people see by chance but preferably we would like people to commit to boat-based watches or two-hour land-based watches, " said Ms Gibas.
Dolphins to them are just big fish to be treated like any other.
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With the massive whales come other giants of the sea, like whale sharks and sperm whales and occasionally hammerheads, sea lions and dolphins.
The dolphins can be identified by their dorsal fins, and some have even been given names, like Curly, Strange and White.
Then there was the candy, which Ms. Miller Nussbaum ordered from places like Ohnuts.com and Candy.com, all in various grades of blues, from Jordan almonds to gummy dolphins.
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