An incredible video shows a pair of playful dolphins in the Swan River getting up close and personal with passersby in South Perth.
At about 11am on Saturday, two friendly dolphins were seen swimming up and down the river bank on Hurlingham Road in South Perth.
Raj Mahan, who took the video, described the interaction as an incredible moment.
“It was amazing watching how playful they were,” he told PerthNow.
“It was a lot of fun.”
In the video, a group of passersby can be seen huddled together in awe as they watched the pair of dolphins gracefully swim in small circles together.
“Everyone was so amused, it felt like the dolphins wanted to play with us!”
Although one shyer dolphin decided to stay a bit further back from the river bank, its companion didn’t seem to mind stealing the attention of passersby.
“The braver dolphin was swimming up and down the bank quite a bit,” Mr Mahan said.
“It was so close that you could almost touch it, but no one did.”
After half an hour, Mahan left to get groceries, only to return an hour later to see the dolphins hadn’t bothered to stray from the audience’s attention.
“I came back expecting they had left, but there they were!” he said.
“They must’ve been there for two to three hours.”
A unique interaction regardless, Mahan said it wasn’t the first time he had spotted dolphins in the area.
“I’ve seen them in this spot a few times before, although those times they didn’t come as near.”
“So, it was really nice getting to see them so close.”
According to recent reports, 19 adult bottlenose dolphins and seven calves call the Swan River their home, as well as other dolphins using the river on a seasonal basis to avoid the high-traffic areas in Fremantle Harbour.