22 January 2010

Bottlenose dolphins mud-ring feeding

That's another "wow" animal story, if you like this kind of stuff.



Thanks to D.B.

Posted by SnoopyTheGoon at 22.1.10

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5 comments:

jams o donnell said...

It's truly amazing. There's no subtext, no political machinations, just animals cooperating in the pursuit of a meal!

10:18 AM, January 22, 2010
snoopythegoon said...

Dolphins could give people a lesson or two, I guess.

12:31 PM, January 22, 2010
David All said...

That is an amazing video Snoopy. A wonderful example of beings working together. You seldom see a single dolphin. Usually there will be at least a pair of dolphins, frequently several pairs of them swiming togehter. Dolphins, who are mammals, are said to be as intelligent as humans and they live, work and defend* themsevles as a group and they seem to have a great deal of fun doing it. Suppose you could call a group of dolphins  an aquatic kibbutz.  

*Bottlenose dolphins when pursued by a shark are said to spilit up, one will lead the shark on, while the other lays in wait to ambush. When the shark passes by, the second dolphin attacks at close range, ramming his nose into the shark's rib cage. If a solid hit is achieved the shark will have a severe enough injury to break off the pursuit. With luck the shark will suffer a fatal hemorage and you can scratch one shark.

2:26 AM, January 26, 2010
snoopythegoon said...

Dolphins will show us all yet that we are much stupider than they are.

3:06 PM, January 27, 2010
David All said...

Agree with you about intelligence, Snoopy. Dolphins also seem to have a lot more fun then humans do. Perhaps if we are good in this life our next reincarnation will be as dolphins.

6:07 PM, January 27, 2010

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