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Costa Rica Dolphin Study Southampton College is engaged in an on-going collaborative effort with the Talamanca Dolphin Foundation in Costa Rica to document the social behaviors of a group of tucuxi dolphins found off the east coast. In January Psychobiology Professor Paul Forestell takes a group of his students to Costa Rica to participate in the study and build upon data collected in previous years. Little is known about tucuxi dolphins, and the study is aimed at developing guidelines for approaching both tucuxi and bottlenose dolphins without interfering with their habitat.