Beachgoers in Torrenueva Costa during the recent bank holiday were surprised to see sardines leaping onto the sand.

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Most beachgoers set about throwing them back whilst others, of a culinary mindset, kept them for later.

The Councillor for Tourism and the Environment, Joaquín Haro, observed that there was no need to send out the municipal cleaning crew to clean up the beach of dead fish…

Obviously, this unusual arrival of our salty neighbours was soon appearing on social media, namely on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reel/302623655914617

Experts from the Asociación Observatorio del Mar de la Costa Tropical explained that this was most likely provoked by nearby school of dolphins hunting them, so the sardines probably weren’t that chuffed with being thrown back into the sea.

(News/Noticias: Torrenueva Costa, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)