Reported dolphin sightings surge, surprising researchers

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Researchers set up a website last year to better track dolphins' movement in the Chesapeake Bay - and reports from the public poured in.rn"We were only expecting maybe 25 to 30 [dolphin sightings] a year," said Helen Bailey, a research professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. "We had over 900 reported last year, and we were able to verify nearly 450 of those."rnEight people reported seeing pods of over 100 dolphins.