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They call these dolphins “cosmopolitan” for a reason. Boaters and kayakers are being treated this summer to up-close and personal views of bottlenose dolphins playing in the shadows of the Big Apple skyline — a rare sight experts say could soon become more common. Last week, a pod of roughly 20 of the mammals — also known as “cosmopolitan” members of the Delphinidae species because they can be found in temperate estuaries throughout the globe — put on a once-in-a-lifetime acrobatic show for thrilled Staten Island Ferry riders as the ship closed in on the island’s Upper Bay shoreline. “It…

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