Researchers say dolphins are causing porpoise deaths

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Saw this article today about dolphins killing porpoises.

Monterey Bay researchers say dolphins are causing porpoise deaths - Santa Cruz Sentinel

It goes to show you that dolphins are not exactly what everyone thinks they are: kind, gentle animals.

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[DA Aquamaster]

No, that view has always been a bit to unrealisticly rosy. But the new observtion does speak to dolphins being both intelligent and having very highly developed social interactions.

 

[TSandM]

When we dove in Rangiroa, we had the good fortune to swim with a pod of dolphins for five minutes or so. When they left us, they appeared to have indulged in a game of "make the pufferfish puff", because as we followed in their wake, we saw a bunch of agitated puffers. They are intelligent animals (apparently with a sense of humor), not saints.

 

[Cave Diver]

When we dove in Rangiroa, we had the good fortune to swim with a pod of dolphins for five minutes or so. When they left us, they appeared to have indulged in a game of "make the pufferfish puff", because as we followed in their wake, we saw a bunch of agitated puffers. They are intelligent animals (apparently with a sense of humor), not saints.

Wormil is a dolphin! :shocked2:

Actually, that might explain a lot...

 

[scubaren]

Transpecies - Clips - South Park Studios

 

[scubaren]

....so....does anyone here "feel like a dolphin" when they dive?

Dolphinoplasty - Clips - South Park Studios

 

[lock_washer]

Here is the video of the dolphins attacking the porpoise.

Dolphin 1, Porpoise 0 by Staff | Page 1 | November 05, 2009 | Monterey County Weekly | Dolphins attack a porpoise in Mon

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