NEWS: Those Are Some Bad-Ass Dolphins

I'm not sure if it was this guy or another, but there was a documentary they showed during shark week on discovery channel made where a guy did put a great white shark, a bull shark, and several other species into a trance. I can't think of the term for it, but it's something having to do with shark anatomy that causes them to fall into a euphoric and trusting state. It's not the guy throwing sand in their eyes and drowning them, it's basically him drugging them with his rubbing.

if by "bad" you mean "practical" and "using assumptions based off of years and years of empirical evidence," then yes.

science isn't perfect, but i'm going to have to side with the Mythbuster crew and say they did a really good short-term experiment/study. given everything we know about the South African great whites and their habits, they went about it in a really well thought-out manner. short of actually putting a dolphin in harm's way, there's not a whole lot more that can be done to try to prove what records of actual dolphin and shark interaction point to being the case.

As for why they do it.... you do know dolphins are near or AS intelligent as humans right, and well my belief as well as many others and maybe not 100% proven, is they are not protecting us because were some random creature they are protecting but an intelligent species like themselves and that they are aware of this.

they're also aware we have tuna fishing vessels. and that being cute and helpful works out for the best.

WHAT?!? No Master Baiter jokes???

I don't remember anything about them being aliens.

The mice were aliens, the dolphins just hung around in the water having a good time.

Dolphins worry me. They're just a little too smart. I think that the cuteness and saving drowning, shark bitten swimmers is merely an elaborate ruse to lure us into a false sense of security. Once the oceans rise and they're in our backyards, look out. They're sneaky...dolphin sneaky. When the dolphin reign of terror begins don't say that you weren't warned.

my hero !!

Remind me not to go surfing without my pack of robotic dolphins.

Sharks and Dolphins really are interesting creatures I'm kind of odd tho I was the little girl that got seriously upset when Jaws was blown up with compressed air. I still often mutter to my boyfriend "we're going to need a bigger boat".Dolphins are also the only mammals besides humans that have sex for fun but I'm sure you guys knew that :p.

i remember reading a few stories about people who were attacked by sharks and rescued when a pack of dolphins all rammed the shark's head and sides (and presumably nose) with their noses. most sharks have cartilage but no bone, so their internal organs aren't well protected from such attacks.

Bonobos.

I never go anywhere without my pack of robotic dolphins.

I bought a kingsized 20 pack today, coincidentally.

They asked if I had any fisherman's permits... To which I replied "GyaaaaRRRR".

I smoked half the pack already.

I think it's to try the patch or the chewing-chum...

(Oh man... I'll go off myself now. Hehehe.)

I was going to say that. Bonobos are crazy, crazy sex freaks.

I seem to remember that the dolphin would not only guard the human but that it would attack the shark to protect him/her. That could have just been on an old episode of flipper or something so there might not be any turth to it. I'm not sure if it's all breeds of dolphins that do that or if it's only the bottlenosed dolphins. I saw that guy telling his story on the news and he seemed really shaken up by it but I guess he went out surfing as soon as he could.

...i hate to burst the bubble here...bring up Google...enter search "humans attack by dolphins."

They are naturally curious and will often take interest in humans...however you shouldn't mistake the point..an attacked animal loses blood, the more blood in the water, the more predators come scavenging...nothing ruins your day more as a dolphin when a school of rogue sharks decides to go into a feeding frenzy.

Also at sea dolphins will sometimes also attack whales...why they do this is not known. Essentially they are like anything else,..they have days were they get steamed easily..and others where they feel charitable.

Other interesting facts..most male dolphins are gay. They come in shore during breeding and after copulation they return to their male partner. They also choose male partners for life. They also after being in a gay relationship for many years will invite our gay partnerships into their own. If their partner ever dies, they return to the bachelor pool, they never interfere with an existing relationship.

It may sound far fetched, ..but it is true. They also show a particular affinity to pregnant women, because they navigate by sonar they can easily detect the small child inside...although science cannot prove it, they seem to revere pregnancy..they come close to pregnant women, but they dont touch..nor do they let others get close to her, they body block others from her when in the water.

bonobos monkeys don't have sex for pleasure, they use it has a method of establishing hierarchy and diffusing aggression.

females gazelles also have gay sex for pleasure.
many higher primates masturbate for pleasure.
Rats also have sex for pleasure, they don't have unwanted pregnancy. Female rats can selectively store sperm for up to year internally. The female can have numerous sexual partners and store the sperm..when she finally has a sample she is pleased with she can then choose when she wants to in pregnant herself and discard all the rest.

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Animal sexual behavior takes many different forms, even within the same species. Researchers have observed monogamy, promiscuity, sex between species, sexual arousal from objects or places, sex apparently via duress or coercion, copulation with dead animals, homosexual, heterosexual and bisexual sexual behaviour, and situational sexual behaviour and a range of other practices among animals other than humans. Related studies have noted diversity in sexed bodies and gendered behaviour, such as intersex and transgender animals.

The study of animal sexuality (and primate sexuality especially) is a rapidly developing field. It used to be believed that only humans and a handful of species performed sexual acts other than for procreation, and that animals' sexuality was instinctive and a simple response to the "right" stimulation (sight, scent). Current understanding is that many species believed monogamous have now been proven to be promiscuous or opportunistic in nature, a wide range of species appear both to masturbate and to use objects as tools to help them do so, in many species animals try to give and get sexual stimulation with others where procreation is not the aim, and homosexual behavior has now been observed among 1,500 species, and in 500 of those it is well documented.[1]-wikipedia

humans need a constant flow for air through their lungs..if they hold their breathe for one minute they will surely die..you are correct that if the shark was held in this position for a prolong period of time it would die, however the time frame he does is not dangerous. However the blue fin tuna does need 2 cubic meters of water every second to pass through its gills, if he was to do this technique with one of them, it would in fact drown.