Dolphins, with their playful demeanor and intelligent eyes, have always intrigued and charmed humans. Yet, there’s much more to these aquatic mammals than meets the eye, as they possess a wealth of surprising skills and behaviors that truly highlight their extraordinary cognitive abilities. 1. The Savvy Fish Trader: At an Marine Mammal Studies Institute, a … Continue reading Dolphin Delights: Top Ten Facts You Never Knew About These Intelligent Creatures
Dolphins sometimes play with Orcas…
Dolphins sometimes play with Orcas, even though some Orcas eat Dolphins. Researchers believe this is because Orcas that eat red meat tend to avoid Orcas that only eat fish, so if they stay near the fish-eaters, they won’t encounter the mammal-eaters.
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Dolphins have a highly developed spoken…
Dolphins have a highly developed spoken language, similar to the human language. This indicates a high level of intelligence and consciousness in dolphins. In addition to this, dolphin brains are somewhat larger and more complex than human ones.
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Pelorus Jack was a dolphin that used…
Pelorus Jack was a dolphin that used to guide ships through a notoriously dangerous channel in New Zealand. In 1904 someone aboard the SS Penguin tried to shoot Jack with a rifle, he survived and continued to guide all ships except the SS Penguin. The SS penguin suffered for it. In 1909 it hit a […]
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Adam Walker was protected from …
Adam Walker was protected from a great white shark by a pod of dolphins while swimming to raise money for dolphin conservation. About 10 dolphins surrounded him for about 1 hr in Cook Strait, 6th leg of the Oceans Seven: a marathon of 7 long-distance open water channel swims around the world.
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When two dolphins in a Beijing aquarium…
When two dolphins in a Beijing aquarium got plastic stuck in their stomachs, vets called in the then tallest man in the world, herdsman Bao Xishun, to reach his long arms in and pull the plastic out.
An NFL Linebacker Wearing a Mic Adorably Searched for His Mom in the Stands, Over and Over Again
Even big, tough NFL players still love their moms and want to make them proud.
Jerome Baker Jr. is a second-year linebacker with the Miami Dolphins. He played college ball for Ohio State and was taken by the Dolphins in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Recently, Baker had a ticket reserved for his mother Theodora for a game between the Dolphins and the New York Jets in Miami. The linebacker was mic’d up for the game by NFL Films, which is great because they captured both video and audio of Baker trying to find his mom in the stands during the game. Baker spent a good deal of time both trying to locate Theodora in the crowd and telling his teammates about his quest to find her amidst the tens of thousands of spectators at the game.
Baker said he forgot that he was even wearing a microphone during the game against the Jets and that when he watched the whole video of his comments spliced together, he thought it was pretty funny.
“You don’t realize how many times I was saying it, but I was saying it so much. The video made it funnier. If you look at the video, I was clean at one point. Then later on, I had a little bit of dirt on me. Then later on, I was full of dirt. It was like the whole game, I was saying, ‘Where’s my mom? Where’s my mom?’ It was just a funny moment I didn’t realize, but I was definitely looking for my mom a lot.”
Theodora had flown down from her home in Cleveland to visit her son, but Baker wasn’t positive that his mom was going to show up to the game that day.
Watch this whole clip. It’s pretty entertaining and heartwarming.
And make sure to watch until the very end, so you can see what happens.
Jerome Baker Jr. was just looking for his mama
(via @NFLFilms)pic.twitter.com/Jzxg28Chso
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) November 6, 2019
Now that is just nice, isn’t it?
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People are No Longer Allowed to Swim with Dolphins in New Zealand
If your bucket list includes swimming with “wild” dolphins, well…you’ll have to do it somewhere other than in New Zealand.
Bottlenose dolphins are intelligent, social creatures that can be found in most of the world’s waters, and because they’re keen to interact across species lines, many people want to experience their friendliness firsthand.
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@roadynz • #roadynz #bayofislandsnz #newzealand #nzroadtrip #nz #purenz #nzmustdo #travelThe New Zealand Department of Conservation, though, says that people are “loving the dolphins too much,” and that the amount and duration of close encounters is harming the species as a whole.
This new rule, which bans swimming with dolphins, went into effect on July 1, 2019, and applies to all commercial operators around the Bay of Islands. The laws also require operators to restrict viewing and interaction time to no more than 20 minutes per trip, and closes off certain areas around Tapeka Point and Roberton Island.
Additionally, operators may only interact with dolphins in the morning or in the afternoon, but not both, so the dolphins have at least half a day to themselves.
* => Le bonheur pour un dauphin est d’exister. Pour l’homme c’est de le savoir et de s’en émerveiller <= “ I saw dolphins 
it was a dream “ #newzealand #newzealandfinds #bayofislands #bayofislandsnz #adream #dolphins #bestnewzealand #northisland #traveling #exploreourglobe #explorenewzealand #mytravelgram #travelphotography #lifewelltravelled #beautifuldestinations #amazing #neverstopexploring #wild #lovemyplanetThe Department of Conservation made the decision after several different studies have shown that too much interaction with humans can affect the dolphins’ resting and feeding behaviors. One study, published in 2010, found that dolphins get extremely stressed out when touched or even approached by humans – and that it could cause psychological problems that prevent them from resting, feeding, and nurturing their young.
Research has also uncovered the sad fact that calf mortality rate is rising toward 75% in some populations, which would be the highest anyone has seen anywhere (even in captivity).
With the number of dolphins in the Bay of Islands in a drastic decline (over a 66% decrease since 1999), the government of New Zealand felt as if it was their duty to act on their behalf.
Hopefully the actions will help the existing dolphins live happier, more natural lives, and maybe, in time, encourage more offspring and growing pods for everyone to enjoy.
I love dolphins as much as the next person, but if they’re not as big on people as they’ve seemed, then I say give them their space.
As a fellow introvert, I can definitely relate.
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Two pigmy whales, a mother…
Two pigmy whales, a mother and a calf got stranded in a beach unable to navigate back to the ocean past a series of sandbanks. Seeing their plight a dolphin arrived and guided the whales 200 yards along the shoreline and out through a channel into the open sea.
Killer Whales are able to learn to speak Dolphin…
Killer whales are able to learn to speak Dolphin. When killer whales were socialized with bottlenose dolphins at a water facility, they changed the types of sounds they made to resemble those of their social partners.