Whales, dolphins and seals have made a triumphant return to the waters just outside New York Harbor – and the comeback has even sparked whale and seal-watching tours.
Tom Paladino, captain of two ferry boats from the Rockaways, says pods of aquatic mammals off the city's coast have "increased tenfold."
"We used to see 10 whales a year – now we see 100," he said. "We saw dolphins almost on a daily basis between June and September."
There are so many more seals in New York Harbor that earlier this month he started weekend tours on his ferry, American Princess.
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