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A Dolphin Lying on the Head of a Humpback Whale [Pic]

mnh.si.edu — The dolphin was lying on a humpback whale’s head while it was slowly swimming along. Looking through my camera lens the stunt appeared to be orchestrated by mutual “agreement.” The whale very slowly—and vertically—lifted the dolphin into the air.

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  • outgun, on 10/11/2007, -2/+210That's one lazy dolphin.
  • RyGuyX, on 10/11/2007, -0/+129maybe one day dolphins will ride whales as humans do horses
  • johnnynack, on 10/11/2007, -14/+110i guess the dolphin took the name humpback whale literally
  • guywhodoesstuff, on 10/11/2007, -22/+92As cute as this seems, in the next frame he gets eaten.
  • Renton, on 10/11/2007, -2/+70It's really a sea rhinoceros that just caught its prey.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+58eaten by a whale with no teeth?
  • stupergenius, on 10/11/2007, -1/+51Thanks for the fish!
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+44Eeew, thats NOT what the blowhole is for!
  • Ryuukuro, on 10/11/2007, -0/+44My theory: Dolphins and whales, both being intelligent aquatic mammals, can talk to one another. Their playing is probably akin to some sort of undersea animal "Jackass" stunt.
  • followme, on 10/11/2007, -1/+44Good form. 8/10
  • eightyd, on 10/11/2007, -11/+51Let's just hope that we can manage not to screw out planet up so much that we might not see this kind of thing again.
  • SpectreBlofeld, on 10/11/2007, -4/+42I wonder if this has something to do with some sort of child-rearing habits of sea mammals.

    You know, teaching offspring to surface for air.

    The whale could be treating the dolphin as a baby whale...

    Just a theory.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+40Ky000t.

    Dolphins & whales love to play. Anyone who has been lucky enough to see them in the wild knows what I mean.
  • browwiw, on 10/11/2007, -1/+32Actually, this is from the new Animal Planet sitcom "That's my Cetacean!" about a missed matched pair of roommates (Dolphin is a slob, but Whale loves things tidy! Oh, my!). This is the episode where they accidentally get stuck together with industrial glue and have to learn how to compromise.

    That, or, you know, they're *****. I dunno.
  • leftfield, on 10/11/2007, -0/+26They are practicing for the team bucket challenge.
  • spocksbrain, on 10/11/2007, -7/+33im on ur whalehump scouting ur prey!!
  • HanSolo69, on 10/11/2007, -4/+28it's a whale with a frickin' laser-dolphin strapped to its head!
  • Tenlow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24I have no idea what you're talking about so here's a humpback whale with a dolphin on it's head.
  • Kr4t05, on 10/11/2007, -0/+23"I'm Steve-O, and this is the whale-stand!"
  • afx1, on 10/11/2007, -2/+24Your first comment was more original.
  • Armor1901, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21I know what's going on here...they're not playing with each other. They can talk to each other, and the conversation that took place immediately before that stunt went something like this:
    Dolphin: Hey, you know what would really drive those humans bat ***** crazy trying to figure out?
    Whale: What's that?
    Dolphin: If you lifted me up out of the water. Of course we know it doesn't mean *****, but they don't! They'd be clueless!
    Whale: Alright yeah! Let's do it. I bet we can get hundreds of 'em to try to figure out what is really a pointless trick designed to ***** with their heaads!
  • Smegzor, on 10/11/2007, -2/+21I for one, welcome our new whale riding overloads.
  • LordVance, on 10/11/2007, -7/+25So long and thanks for all the fish!
  • dggeek, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17And that's why he can never go back to Sea World.
  • mal1964, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17I agree, I use to live on Lanai all tho I never came across that shot so close,I have while diving witness many incredible under water interactions between them.
  • Roger, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15Obviously they're getting ready to take over the planet.

    Our days are numbered.
  • satx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Reins.
  • RussellDovey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12I've heard that being filtered is quite painful.
  • Davede70, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Or as they call it in the wild, playing with your food
  • MadOtaku, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12Hey, baleen bites are no laughing matter.
  • DforSpiD, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11That dolphin's going to eat that poor whale?
  • OfF3nSiV3, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12beautiful! i would love to watch as a video
  • Ventolin, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13It's the next Ecco game!
  • robbiedo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Humans totally overestimate their superiority. We suck as a species!
  • browwiw, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Mastery of fire? Considering their native environment, that would be some trick.
  • browwiw, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Which is why we had to invent robots to drive nails for us.
  • icantdrawanime, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Dolphins are domesticating Humpbacks... next up, mastery of fire.
  • dggeek, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I prefer the good version:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_%28book%29
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8This dolphin looks like a cat showing off. Good trick. They're very intelligent. They'll check on you at night, stay around and see you off if you are visiting. I've had it happen when I overnighted on a remote waterway, three of them just sort of hung out and did the air hole sound through the night. There is one that regularly comes by and says hello. No one else there. No one anywhere, just me, pretty good way up a river. One dolphin, "pooosh" with the air hole to say hello. he/she lives there. Swims around as if on patrol, keeping an eye on things. There's a google/youtube video of a dolphin pod. Pretty crazy, about a hundred of them.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqFECqF7lhI
    dolphins catching fish in the shallows
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCgZcg5kUHw
  • xcornbreadx, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8That was great! Like watching a monkey ride a dog! What's better than a monkey riding a dog? NOTHING, that's what!
  • Athens101, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6But out luv is furbidin.
  • brishchik, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Dude you're totally right. We do suck as a species
  • DforSpiD, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Humpback whales:
    "Calves are about 4–4.5 m"
    Bottlenose Dolphins:
    "Adults range in length from 2 to 4 meters"
    A large adult dolphin could easily be about the size of a humpback calf, so why not?
  • idonthack, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6you haven't been around long, have you?
  • Asianwaste, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4It's a joke. Relax.
  • dizzledaking, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4That is the stupidest joke I've ever read.
  • Samzo, on 10/11/2007, -9/+13Man! Dolphins are the *****!
  • hipRealtor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Amazing - enjoy it while you can - I'm told they'll all be gone in 50 years.
  • coloneltcb, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Dugg for not saying "Title says it all"
  • nickerbocker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qiCcEkt43I
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