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metacafe.com — When you spend your life in the water, I guess you tend to develop a good intuition for its subtleties. Dolphins have been observed to create bubble rings by exhaling air carefully in the middle of the vortices caused by the motion of their fins through the water, among other techniques.

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  • allaboutdatiki, on 01/20/2008, -3/+465That's the coolest thing I've seen all day.
    • undershirt, on 01/20/2008, -6/+52uh, I don't think I've ever seen anything that cool.
      • bbardlbradd, on 01/20/2008, -11/+55If you turn around, and look at the blindingly bright portal behind you, that's called a "door". Once you step into it, there's an entire... RPG, called "Real Life". It's free, no sign ups or anything, and you'll see some other cool things. Just don't l00t and you'll be ok.

        If you have any other version than 2008.1.20, IM me.
        • ricree, on 01/20/2008, -1/+57Well, I'm supposed to get version 2008.1.21 tomorrow, so I'll let you know how it goes.
          • bbardlbradd, on 01/20/2008, -0/+7No no no. I'll get that update too... Hmm...
          • brynlb, on 01/20/2008, -2/+62Ehhh....I've never been a fan of the Monday editions. To much grinding, plus the boss battles are no good.
          • srgtTarantula, on 01/20/2008, -25/+2We get it, you're nerds.
        • drgmdp, on 01/20/2008, -1/+17i don't see dolphins playing with wheel shaped air bubbles daily, do you?
          • bbardlbradd, on 01/20/2008, -10/+3No, I don't, but there's more to appreciate in life than... dolphin bubbles. Still think it's cool tho.
        • hobbitboy2, on 01/21/2008, -0/+8anyone wanna join my clan?
        • Murdats, on 01/21/2008, -1/+11I used to play life, but I got sick of the constant popups, noobs and lack of ignore list.
      • blaze03, on 01/20/2008, -0/+57I've watched the video a few times already, and in it the dolphins:

        - create bubble rings by leaping to the surface and releasing the air somehow
        - create smaller rings from larger ones, sometimes successively off the same ring, by hitting it in the right spot at the right time
        - spin the rings by twirling themselves around it
        - swim through the rings once they're big enough
        - "chomp" the smaller rings once they're done with it

        I didn't even know you could make bubble rings, much less bubble rings that can somehow grow bigger. It's just ***** incredible how intelligent these creatures are. I wonder if in a few hundred years we'll be able to communicate with them in their own language.

        Also, the fact that they're mammals makes me wonder where in the common ancestry they broke off to live in the water.
        • ydt89, on 01/20/2008, -0/+31"I wonder if in a few hundred years we'll be able to communicate with them in their own language."

          Not if they're all dead.
          *cough*SaveTheDolphins*cough*
          • bradbeattie, on 01/21/2008, -1/+5Just wait a couple hundred more years for the time machines.
          • GrantTheGr8, on 01/21/2008, -0/+12So long and thanks for all the fish.
        • dezmo, on 01/20/2008, -8/+3they aren't creating smaller rings from bigger ones, they just swim up to it and blow another one, it does look very cool.
          • PopovIsovSerov, on 01/21/2008, -2/+0u..didnt...watch that whole movie.....did you?.....
        • FatLoser, on 01/21/2008, -0/+0http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/b/brandis/jonat ...
      • FatLoser, on 01/21/2008, -4/+0Is it just me, or do those dolphins look delicious? I've never tasted one before, but I know they feel good.
    • void, on 01/20/2008, -0/+6by far
    • wicketr, on 01/20/2008, -3/+14You must see a lot of cool things, cause that is pretty ***** amazing. We can't create circles that cool. That's some sci-fi ***** right there. Next they'll be able to control fire and then we're all *****!
      • kalkin, on 01/20/2008, -1/+9excellent, i'm so glad to have seen this again. i saw this years ago on tv. i remember trying to explain this to people and they would give me that look of "wtf are you talking about" - the problem was, i even started to disbelieve myself when tried to describe it. it's probably one of the most amazing things in nature
        • FatLoser, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2"it's probably one of the most amazing things in nature"
          The sex is pretty good too... but I don't even try to explain that to other people.
    • didgital, on 01/20/2008, -0/+15Son of a bitch, I'm sick of these dolphins.
      -Steve Zissou
      • mydiggname, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1That's not Snowflake!
        Ace Ventura - Pet Detective
      • Jawsh91, on 01/21/2008, -0/+3"They either can't hear us, or they're just not listening to us"
    • afx1, on 01/20/2008, -1/+2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlxspkxcP2Q
    • 5teady, on 01/20/2008, -13/+1My comment is way up on the top!
    • shazeubaa, on 01/20/2008, -0/+5Yeah. Dolphins are pretty neat. They're really having a good time in this video.
    • Ajjah, on 01/20/2008, -1/+12I, for one welcome our new bubble blowing overlords.
    • BESTenemy, on 01/20/2008, -2/+1Echo dolphin, anyone?
    • FutureGuy, on 01/20/2008, -0/+6Coolest thing I have seen in a long time. Love to send this to the Japanese goverment.
    • Telhai, on 01/21/2008, -3/+7Dugg down for being inaccurate. The dolphins have not invented the wheel, they've invented the toroidal vortex.
    • gadgetlust, on 01/21/2008, -0/+6Is it OK that I cried a little?
      • digismack, on 01/21/2008, -2/+6If you're a girl.
        • Wartz, on 01/21/2008, -2/+3or if you accidentally hit your balls on something just now while NOT doing something sexual related to the topic.
    • RepublicansSuck, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2Great, now they're going to take over our government or something!
      • digismack, on 01/21/2008, -0/+3It might just be better than BushCo.
    • svartgotik, on 01/21/2008, -0/+7Well, it's official, dolphins are smarter than me.
    • GuyHersh, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2I just found an article about this. Apparently its not something new that dolphins do.

      http://www.earthtrust.org/delrings.html
    • samssf, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2Yeah, this is awesome. Dolphins are very intelligent. If they were able to walk around on land they'd probably take over the world.
  • dotlizard, on 01/20/2008, -3/+420"It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons." - Douglas Adams

    sooo... now they've invented the wheel. now what?
    • geneticlemon, on 01/20/2008, -2/+127A song and dance number before they escape Earth's gravity?
      • aclements, on 01/20/2008, -0/+17Perhaps while doing a double back flip through some hoops while whistling the Star Spangled Banner?
        • lotsa1s, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1So long, and thanks for all the fish.
      • KingBabi, on 01/20/2008, -21/+4The movie was so awful.
        • coolwalking, on 01/21/2008, -5/+5WTF? You guys digging down are insane. He's right - the movie was terrible. Go read the book.
        • DeathRay2K, on 01/21/2008, -6/+3Agreed! Why is KingBabi at -7 diggs for speaking the truth?
          • PopovIsovSerov, on 01/21/2008, -4/+0actually its negative 8 now...and no i didnt give him the negative 8th one...
          • PopovIsovSerov, on 01/22/2008, -0/+0negative 17 now...
        • Murdats, on 01/21/2008, -2/+4I have read all the books, and watched the movie a few times.
          I love the books and I love the movie, and you realise it was adams himself who decided to tell a different story for the movie?
        • joshuabowers, on 01/21/2008, -2/+4Murdats: I somehow doubt that Adams would have elected to have the naturalist/atheist tone of the books castrated to make the movies more palatable to the religious masses. If you could find me a link that says otherwise, however, I would be most obliged. Those who complain about the movie sucking are usually referring to that topic.
    • kingkang, on 01/20/2008, -0/+24Prepare for the coming DOLPHIN WAR, a la The Simpson's TREEHOUSE OF HORRORS XI.
    • Kamael, on 01/20/2008, -0/+27So long, and thanks for all the fish!
    • moonguidex, on 01/20/2008, -2/+3New York?
    • GeyserShitdick, on 01/20/2008, -45/+6Wow, some retard quoted Douglas Adams. I really didn't see that one coming.
      • irstoopd, on 01/20/2008, -17/+4Wow, some retarded comment, I didn't see that coming. You go down now.
        • ThndrShk2k, on 01/20/2008, -13/+4Wow, some meta-comment about a retarded comment about a quote relating to dolphins. Saw that coming.
          • YoctoYotta, on 01/20/2008, -2/+19Oops, I crapped my pants!
          • travisMarc, on 01/20/2008, -7/+1i love how many other people were tempted to see where this was going...
    • ydt89, on 01/20/2008, -0/+78Dude the dolphins just wanna play portal.
    • tformed, on 01/20/2008, -0/+5they invented the wheel a while back, just took us humans long enough to realize it.
    • tybris, on 01/20/2008, -3/+3Thanks for all the fish.
    • KingGorilla, on 01/21/2008, -0/+21Ok so how do we steal this bubble technology from them, reverse engineer it and use it against them?
    • cl2yp71c, on 01/21/2008, -1/+4Nukes?
    • Berkana, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Dolphins have discovered war; they gang up against sharks, apparently.
  • somespecial, on 01/20/2008, -2/+28Gotta do something to pass the time
    • nonymous666, on 01/20/2008, -0/+7Thinking about it, that's sadly probably the truth.
    • Joshuarr, on 01/20/2008, -0/+7I wonder what I'd invent if I had to spend the rest of my life stuck in a 20' x 20' tank. I doubt it would be pretty.
    • AmICoolNow, on 01/20/2008, -0/+1This is their version of hoop-and-stick.
    • Lanketer, on 01/21/2008, -0/+0looks like someones been hanging out with gandalf
  • mrgalikanookis, on 01/20/2008, -27/+279WOW! Screw Ron Paul!!! I want this dolphin to represent me!!
    • blazes816, on 01/20/2008, -5/+68I'm not a fan of his foreign policy.
      • ThndrShk2k, on 01/20/2008, -9/+4We don't need any of these isolationists.
        • ThndrShk2k, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Just to clarify, that comment was towards the dolphin.
          Dumbasses.
      • zedster46, on 01/20/2008, -5/+3Ron Paul's or the Dolphin's Foreign policy, just to clarify
    • holzp, on 01/20/2008, -2/+111He is owned by Big Sardine. Check his record.
    • AmICoolNow, on 01/20/2008, -5/+13I, for one, welcome our dolphin overlords.
      • Vindexus, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Twas only a matter of time.
      • Berkana, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2I, for one, am sick of overlord and Soviet Russia jokes.
        • AmICoolNow, on 01/21/2008, -0/+5In Soviet Russia, overlord jokes are sick of you!
    • asauterChicago, on 01/21/2008, -0/+6We need someone honest like Super Dolphin 2008 to give hope for America. Go to: superdolphin2008.com, it's the time for change.
  • MasterMynd, on 01/20/2008, -85/+16this is a circle, not a wheel. and furthermore its a bubble circle. a ***** bubble circle.
    • Cannon49, on 01/20/2008, -2/+37Calm down Dr. Buzzkill
    • BlueSkyfish, on 01/20/2008, -2/+18You can't drive with bubble circles.
      • wc3452, on 01/20/2008, -1/+16a wheel has an axis, circles do not. Bubble circle, bubble wheel. I don't care it's still ***** cool.
    • Hipple, on 01/20/2008, -1/+12Dolphin-hater!!!
    • minibash, on 01/20/2008, -1/+25Wheel? No. Circle? No. Its a Torus!
    • Nija, on 01/20/2008, -0/+15Can you make bubble circles?
      • Supurcell, on 01/20/2008, -2/+1Yeah, with the tools that my species has created.
      • spudnic, on 01/21/2008, -1/+1I can blow smoke rings... same thing but not underwater
    • TheTaoOfBill, on 01/21/2008, -0/+3You must be an extremely unfunny person.
  • optimuscrime, on 01/20/2008, -52/+1Reddit
  • Sornos, on 01/20/2008, -1/+265It looks like they're trying to warn us of something...
    • monospaced, on 01/20/2008, -20/+6Looks like they're entertaining us, like putting on a show. There also seem to be certain advanced bubble ring blowing techniques such as the time when the dolphin blew a ring, and then sent it rotating quickly. They have created a true artform which they practice and perfect. I'm impressed.
    • Whackly, on 01/20/2008, -0/+33If one whistles the star spangled banner i'm outta here.
      • j4200, on 01/20/2008, -0/+7get your towel out. The movie may have had it as a ring, but all us hitchhikers know that a towel is how to catch a ride.
        • lotsa1s, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Do you know where you're towel is, j4200? These strags sure don't.
    • NotOptium, on 01/20/2008, -3/+15What's that boy? Timmy's choking on a Cheerio!? Good boy, Flipper. Lead the way!
    • Kr1ngle0, on 01/20/2008, -9/+2They are trying to warn us that Halo is real!
    • Synova, on 01/20/2008, -1/+24So long, and thanks for all the fish.
    • calebhawk, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1they've known about cloverfield...
  • superharmonic, on 01/20/2008, -27/+2do they use sonar to manipulate the bubble?
  • olddirtycr, on 01/20/2008, -13/+92What does that have to do with the wheel??
    • nonymous666, on 01/20/2008, -2/+8You have absolutely NO idea?
    • enri, on 01/20/2008, -0/+3It's a ring more than a wheel, like a smoke ring.
  • DesignEx, on 01/20/2008, -6/+122So long and thanks for all the fish.
  • Jayg28, on 01/20/2008, -0/+18Wow that was cool. Is that something that only these dolphins do or do, or are all dolphins known to play this way?
    • enclaved, on 01/20/2008, -0/+5I was wondering something similar after the last shot of the multiple dolphins, if they all saw the one doing it, would they be able to figure out how to do it too?
      • madm0nk, on 01/20/2008, -0/+2Mainly bottlenose dolphins are the ones that do this. There are other species of dolphins that perform similar acts. And as far as I know the bottlenose are the more intelligent ones.
    • jbum, on 01/20/2008, -0/+3I've personally seen a bottlenose dolphin at the Mirage in Las Vegas doing this, although the behavior was slightly different. The dolphin at the Mirage was forming the ring by slapping the water with his tail, and then would turn around and bite it. There are more videos of dolphins and beluga whales making bubble rings on You Tube - each one seems to have a slightly different technique - some use air, some don't...
    • Elliuotatar, on 01/20/2008, -0/+4All dolphins do this. Here's a video where they blow bubble rings that rise, and slap the sand to make little craters:
      http://youtube.com/watch?v=1JtnoKbl75M
  • Abominable, on 01/20/2008, -33/+145Wow, it seems that even dolphins are smarter than George Bush.
    • MasterThief117, on 01/20/2008, -10/+94Dolphins are one of the smartest animals on this planet.
      Also, why the ***** do you have to bring politics into this?
    • trotskyist, on 01/20/2008, -3/+49Nah, George Bush is a master bubble blower. It's all he does all day.
    • warlax27, on 01/20/2008, -15/+2Wow George Bush is a human and a dolphin isn't...Good ideas bra
      • NotOptium, on 01/20/2008, -0/+7I have no idea what the hell you're trying to say but i couldn't help laughing
      • AmICoolNow, on 01/20/2008, -0/+7A good ideas bra? Someone needs to invent that, your chest would tell you all you need to know.
    • Soave, on 01/20/2008, -1/+10When you can make and maintain a bubble ring like that underwater, I'll take your comment seriously.
    • DemDude, on 01/21/2008, -1/+1...and that's news for you?!
    • coolwalking, on 01/21/2008, -1/+3Dolphins are not as smart as you think:

      http://www.theonion.com/content/news/study_dolphin ...
    • Namakemono, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1How dare you insult dolphins by comparing them to Bush.
  • MasterThief117, on 01/20/2008, -4/+53Sort of reminds me of Sonic when you hit an enemy, the rings pop out.
  • DeviateSeptum, on 01/20/2008, -8/+120That was really beautiful. Their intelligence and emotion can be felt from their playfulness. I wish more people would see this. Maybe it would cause people to be more sensitive to the slaughter and loss of habitat of other species and maybe realize that people aren't the only tenants of the planet.
    • bbardlbradd, on 01/20/2008, -0/+18No, if people find out about this, they will be sold as McDonald's kids meal toys.
    • drgmdp, on 01/20/2008, -7/+4yeah, and they taste delicious
    • icebrk, on 01/20/2008, -1/+9I couldn't agree more, if you want to help stop the slaughter join us: http://www.actfordolphins.com
      • BlackOp, on 01/20/2008, -0/+1That really needs to stop :(
      • 1randomnumber, on 01/20/2008, -5/+3What if I want to join in? Is there a place to sign up for the annual dolphin hunts? Cause that sounds pretty friggin cool.

        Come on. If they were smart but grotesquely ugly, you know you wouldn't have as much support for that thing.
        • MacEnvy, on 01/20/2008, -2/+6Like pigs. Pigs are likely nearly as intelligent as dolphins, but we eat them without remorse. Not something that's fun to think about.
          • MiddleOfNowhere, on 01/20/2008, -1/+6"Pigs are likely nearly as intelligent as dolphins, but we eat them without remorse."

            Well, I used to, and then I found out about their intelligence, and I stopped doing it.

            It wasn't really hard.
          • lacronicus, on 01/20/2008, -1/+6So then what, we can eat animals, but only if they're stupid?
        • codeyellow, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1I couldn't agree more, stop the slaughter and join us: http://www.actforpigs.com/
      • tcpip4lyfe, on 01/20/2008, -0/+7Why is there no "save the 3 toed sloth" foundation? Ugly animals need love too.
    • nonymous666, on 01/20/2008, -2/+4if more people would see this, they'd realize just how bored out of their gourd these penned up dolphis are.
    • j4200, on 01/20/2008, -1/+9Why don't we try to stop slaughtering our fellow man first? That could be a good first step.
      • DeviateSeptum, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Last time I checked, humans aren't an endangered species.
    • logga0, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1well said.
  • potisreallygood, on 01/20/2008, -12/+3How the hell could Tyra Banks be terrified of these?
    • ElbertF, on 01/20/2008, -9/+9Tyra Banks is retarted. That's why.
      • itsthebrod, on 01/20/2008, -1/+11There's something very ironic about this post, and I don't think it was intentional.
      • MacEnvy, on 01/20/2008, -0/+1I dugg him up, but only because I'm so sick of my wife making us watch America's Next Top Model.
      • Synova, on 01/20/2008, -0/+3Please, please, please let that be intentional...
    • AndrewDB, on 01/20/2008, -0/+4Tyra Banks is afraid of everything except the guests on her show and a mirror.
    • Humptydank, on 01/20/2008, -0/+3Granted, I was a kid at the time, but I went to Seaworld and they had an opportunity to feed the dolphins.

      As cool as it was, your first reaction is not to the depth of intelligence in their eyes. The first thing you notice is that there is a ten foot long, 500-pound mammal with a hundred teeth (bigger than a grizzly bear) coming at the the fish in your hand, and that the fish suddenly doesn't look nearly different enough from your fingers. Then they delicately take the fish from you and hang out, and it's easy to settle down.

      But Tyra Banks doesn't seem like she settles down about much of anything, so I guess first impressions meant a lot.
    • drgmdp, on 01/20/2008, -0/+1i guess i can forgive tyra banks for that
    • tapeworm77, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2I'm terrified of Tyra Banks!
  • RadiantBeing, on 01/20/2008, -5/+189If this isn't proof that dolphins are intelligent, I don't know what is.
    • Reaperman, on 01/20/2008, -33/+8They swim into giant, several-miles-long nets like dumbasses and get killed?

      It might sound cruel, but i sure as hell stay away from massive nets.
      • dasdef, on 01/20/2008, -2/+32as you said, they are several miles long. I think you sir, are the dumbass
      • chrisaug18, on 01/20/2008, -0/+3I think you both have different definitions of intelligence
      • bbardlbradd, on 01/20/2008, -0/+4Imagine dolphins setting up traps in your house for *****, by leaving fresh cheeseburgers out... You'd go for the cheeseburger if there was nothing else around right?

        Then they catch you by accident and murder you for the ***** and call you a dumbass... as if they sent you a notice and you didn't read it...
      • schroderr224, on 01/21/2008, -2/+6We inhale smoke into our bodies purposefully. it's a tie.
    • GreenAlien, on 01/20/2008, -3/+7Brain size to body size was all the proof we needed that they're smart.
    • yevkasem, on 01/21/2008, -1/+8blowing bubbles isn't proof of anything. how about when they save shipwreck victims? i think that shows a little more intelligence.
    • rjones2818, on 01/21/2008, -0/+5Saving victims shows compassion, as well!
    • empy, on 01/21/2008, -2/+3they have sex for pleasure?
      • judgesuds, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2in the blow hole
      • sh4rkb1t3, on 01/21/2008, -0/+4The above is a very uninsightful comment.

        First of all, all animals have sex because it feels good for them. No animal is conciously aware that sex causes babies, so they conciously think to themselves to have sex as often as possible to replicate their genes.

        Secondly, Dolphins, like humans, are one of the rare species on the planet that cannot detect when a female is fertile. So, they have sex all the time hoping that they might get lucky and have sex when she is fertile, to pass on their genes.
        • Woah_G!, on 01/21/2008, -0/+3What about those leg humping dogs? Surely they must do it for pleasure too.
        • kaplanfx, on 01/21/2008, -2/+1Humans are consciously aware that sex can result in pregnancy (at least some of us). So your statement is false.
      • cutlerchris, on 01/21/2008, -1/+1When dolphins can post on MySpace, that's when I believe they truly become intelligent. /sarcasm
        • TreDubZedd, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1You imply that there is intelligent life to be found on MySpace. Good luck proving that one.
    • MyExSucks, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2Yes, while the dolphins are using the vortices they create and exhale air into the middle of them to create the bubble rings, they do not know the technicality of what they are doing. It is like when humans learn to ride a bike. When we are 3,4 years old and trying to stay up, we neither know, nor can understand, anything about our centers of gravity, about acceleration and velocity. Turning on a bicycle can be done precisely by carefully calculating derivatives and second derivatives of the path you're following, but it's not something that goes through your mind when you're doing it. The dolphins aren't making any calculations about vortices, they just know the feel of doing it.
      • dreambrother808, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2i'll take artful feeling over dull derivatives anyday
    • TremorX, on 01/21/2008, -2/+3Yeah, friendly and intelligent on rye bread, with some mayonnaise.
  • halligan00, on 01/20/2008, -1/+10"Aaaaggh! They've got nets!"
  • AntBing, on 01/20/2008, -5/+35Dolphins often hunt in groups and use the bubbles to corral the fish into a tight group. Then they each take turns darting through the fish school for an easy meal. They invented the wheel (a bubble) long before we descended from the trees.
    • jackminardi, on 01/20/2008, -4/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel
      • dbug, on 01/20/2008, -1/+5Wow. The wheel is only 6000 years old. Makes me wonder what kind of technological inventions mankind will be seeing another 6000 years from now.
        • JamesDiggem, on 01/20/2008, -0/+10if we can make it that long...
          • jackminardi, on 01/20/2008, -2/+1way to subtly drop in your hatred for humanity.
            nice
          • Murdats, on 01/21/2008, -2/+1@james
            way to read into something that isnt there.
            nice
        • AmICoolNow, on 01/20/2008, -0/+8Wow, the wheel is as old as the earth? That's crazy.
          /not really an idiot
        • lacronicus, on 01/20/2008, -6/+1no, you are really an idiot.
    • bbardlbradd, on 01/20/2008, -10/+1State your sources... you can't b/c before we descended from trees, there was no method of recording this, unless primitive man used fecal matter to store more information than their diet, and we just haven't figured out how to read it.
    • itwasstinky, on 01/21/2008, -0/+3i choose you dolphin!
      Bubblebeam!
      • LordLandon, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1Seems more like Water Pulse to me o.O
  • seanhive, on 01/20/2008, -9/+1Wow, that's pretty pro.
  • eddy23170, on 01/20/2008, -14/+2Still want to eat them? I feel sad for anyone who says "yes"....maybe someday you will be reincarnated as a dolphin who ends up on a dinner plate....
    • estacado, on 01/20/2008, -6/+2Where is it written that it's wrong to eat intelligent animals? I say, if it's not endangered, go ahead and eat it.
      • MiddleOfNowhere, on 01/20/2008, -0/+3"if it's not endangered, go ahead and eat it."

        That's the spirit! Go ahead. Eat whatever breathes, thinks, reasons, empathizes, builds tool.
        As long as it tastes like chicken or better.
        Because God said you could, so you don't have to stuff (yuck) vegetables in your face so someone/something else may live.
    • EXreaction, on 01/21/2008, -2/+2Yes.

      No, I don't think I'll ever be re-incarnated, I don't live in fairyland.
  • thejames, on 01/20/2008, -0/+22that's....beautiful...
  • monospaced, on 01/20/2008, -2/+20Looks like they're entertaining us, like putting on a show. There also seem to be certain advanced bubble ring blowing techniques such as the time when the dolphin blew a ring, and then sent it rotating quickly. They have created a true artform which they practice and perfect. I'm impressed.
  • Eggzb, on 01/20/2008, -15/+23intelligent and delicious
    • jackminardi, on 01/20/2008, -5/+3my two favorite factors in a meal
    • Ksilebo, on 01/21/2008, -4/+2What if that one blew all its money on scratch off lotto?
    • cl2yp71c, on 01/21/2008, -5/+3Shutup you jap.
  • jewdiknight, on 01/20/2008, -4/+59Humanity is *****.
    • GreenAlien, on 01/20/2008, -0/+27Humanity is already *****. We don't need the Dolphins help with this.
      • Pritchard, on 01/21/2008, -1/+2Alright then. In that case, I'm quiting SavetheDolphins.
    • gainwind, on 01/22/2008, -1/+0How so? Explain.
  • G1MPY, on 01/20/2008, -8/+2Dolphins are awzum... B)
    • Kr1ngle0, on 01/20/2008, -0/+5This has proved that Dolphins are indeed more inteligent than G1mpy...
  • CTK14A, on 01/20/2008, -10/+2Wow!
    MrBabyMan's diggs never fail to impress.
    • UtopiaInTheSky, on 01/20/2008, -2/+5MrBabyMan purposely dupes previously submitted stories. He has a more dedicated following of Diggers, so he can get things to the front page and you'll never know he stole them. Whatever, though, as long as the good stuff makes it to the front page.
  • blaze03, on 01/20/2008, -2/+26This is ***** amazing. Dolphins are so smart.
  • kru1e, on 01/20/2008, -3/+13dugg for Hitchhikers Guide reference.
  • Maynza, on 01/20/2008, -9/+2I WANT ONE ^_____^
  • wipis, on 01/20/2008, -11/+3A wheel is a tool for reducing work based on its ability to transfer energy. This is more like blowing smoke rings. Even if it has a use in the wild to corral fish it is still little more then a toy to them. Still... Really freaking cool. I wonder if they would let me play in their bubble game.
    • jackminardi, on 01/20/2008, -0/+9probably not with that attitude.
    • ZenMojo, on 01/20/2008, -0/+4Oh, they use it to corral fish? I guess that makes it a TOOL.
    • drastik21, on 01/21/2008, -1/+1U try to hard.
  • LokitheComplex, on 01/20/2008, -10/+6I'm such an ultra cynic but that was sweet. It was like a girl with a butterfly tattoo's hippie love made real.
  • Dimalinch, on 01/20/2008, -6/+3what the hell....
  • bgmowen, on 01/20/2008, -10/+5***** dugg
  • lsteve13l, on 01/20/2008, -4/+145lets see them make fire...
    • jewdiknight, on 01/20/2008, -2/+45Don't give them ideas. That is the only weapon that we can use against them.
      • jazzboyrules, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1Now let's just hope that no dolphin reads that comment.
    • AmICoolNow, on 01/20/2008, -0/+16They'll invent underwater fire if you push them...
  • jestrella, on 01/20/2008, -1/+9if everything melts, and we are wiped out. will dolphins be the next civilization?
  • Coolmatt49, on 01/20/2008, -1/+21It's Ecco the Dolphin!
  • IAmLegend24, on 01/20/2008, -15/+7I for one welcome our dolphin overlords.
  • elkram, on 01/20/2008, -1/+6Looks like he's entertaining himself...We could learn a lot from watching animals who take time to play!
    • PopovIsovSerov, on 01/21/2008, -2/+2like humans learned masterbation from monkeys!!!!!!!!!
  • thephuckphase, on 01/20/2008, -7/+2they may seem so elegant in their display of intelligence, but the Chimpanzee is nature's geniuses. hail to the chimp!
  • rossmills, on 01/20/2008, -5/+16I for one welcome our bubble-blowing overlords
  • badmephisto, on 01/20/2008, -0/+34the part that is most amazing to me is that the dolphin can appreciate the beauty of the circle and show creativity. When it recreates the circle over and over, and even modifies it's shape, it's almost as if it was trying to refine it's style, and find something it likes best. Dolphins truly have some characteristics that put them apart from the other animals.
    • oldexplorer, on 01/21/2008, -1/+4Exactly - why do humans think they are the only creature that can appreciate beauty and art? I bet dolphins have been doing this for a couple million years - which is incredible.
    • IndigoMoss, on 01/21/2008, -7/+1They taste good too.
    • Thefatheroftime, on 01/21/2008, -0/+1These animals show a curiosity of the world that transcends mere survival.
      This is the step that propelled humans to where we are today, evolutionary.
      Incredible. Of course, monkeys and apes exhibit these same characteristics.
  • Rocketbird, on 01/20/2008, -7/+4Finally? Have we been heavily anticipating the invention of the wheel by dolphins for some time?
    • thepretext, on 01/20/2008, -2/+4I know I have. Good on ya, dolphins!
  • ChileanGoD, on 01/20/2008, -1/+11My jaw dropped gazing so much beauty.
  • newprohibition, on 01/20/2008, -0/+9Wow! I watched ALL of that with my jaw on the floor, figuratively.
  • selfdisplaced, on 01/20/2008, -9/+4"Son of a bitch, I'm sick of these dolphins."
    • selfdisplaced, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2I guess no one got the Steve Zissou reference?
    • studdenfadden, on 01/21/2008, -4/+0me too, anyone who liked that video is GAY
  • d3c4y, on 01/20/2008, -2/+12"NOM NOM NOM"
  • jackminardi, on 01/20/2008, -6/+1millions of years late, no less
  • JeremyGiberson, on 01/20/2008, -10/+4Shopped
  • MrZaiko, on 01/20/2008, -3/+6Not even the miami Dolphins could create such a beautiful thing
    • wondertwins, on 01/20/2008, -0/+3duhhh, they got the worst record in this season
    • Gregus1032, on 01/21/2008, -0/+2everything about them this year was absolutely ugly.
    • rossmills, on 01/22/2008, -0/+1The cheerleaders?
  • bbardlbradd, on 01/20/2008, -0/+36The most amazing part of this is watching them look at the bubbles... They are so full of wonder, it seems like something only a human would do.
    • Gimpishi, on 01/21/2008, -2/+10No, a human would put a fence around, or otherwise control the production and sales of the new commodity.
      • bbardlbradd, on 01/21/2008, -0/+6Those aren't people. Those are tools.
    • dch111, on 01/21/2008, -0/+6I love it when the last comment in the set has a bunch of diggs...feels like scrolling all the way through was worth it.
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