The amazing encounter between a fisherman and a dolphin was captured off Ireland's Aran Islands.
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The dolphin surfaces and rolls over so a fisherman learning over the back of his boat can offer a nice belly rub and a little scratch under the fins and nose.
The sea mammal seems just as delighted as the fisherman by the encounter.
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A nature photographer captured the scene on the shores of Inis Oirr on June 28.