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Male dolphins have taken to wearing wigs

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Oct

An interesting news story tells of male humpback dolphins off the coast of Western Australia using sea-sponges as wigs to attract mates. This behaviour has only been seen in a small number of areas off our northern coasts....

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Interesting Facts About Dolphins

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 17 Aug

Most of us know that dolphins are mammals, not fish. That they are social animals that travel in pods of 5 to 20 individuals. The Narwhal has a large ivory tusk (like a unicorn), which is often poached. The only remaining Narwhal...

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Get A Loud of This Folks

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 27 Feb 25

I enjoyed this video so much and wanted to share it with you. It's of a 2,000 pod of baby dolphins off the coast of California. I have seen groups of whales along the coast but no dolphins. This has several different types and is...

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Top 10 documentaries # 7 Blackfish

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 30 Sep 24

So Blackfish is pretty straightforward in its topic, the captivity of wild animals in American theme parks, in this case Killer Whales in Sea World, hoards of fat Americans gawping at these majestic creatures in tiny swimming...

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How Friends End Up Unwittingly Nurturing Bullies

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 Jul 23

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Attributed to Edmund Burke. The worst thing about someone being persistently mean, cutting, aggressively in your face or outright bullying towards...

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The children love the artificial sea creatures in the sea beaches.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 11 Jun 23

In many sea beaches there are many static sea creatures created. That includes dolphins, sharks, octopuses and other sea creatures. Although they are static the children love these structures a lot and play around...

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Dolphins are dying at Monkey Mia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Mar 22

MyLotter John Evans (@58lordstreet) put up a photo of Monkey Mia beach on a recent post of mine. Monkey Mia is on Western Australia’s west coast, about 900 kms north of Perth. It is part of the Shark Bay Marine Park and World...

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Tua Official Miami Starter

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7386) • Sparta, Tennessee 4 Aug 21

Tua is the official starting quarterback this year for the Miami Dolphins. Last year he started only 9 games and ended that with a record of 6-3. Not bad but not what Miami had hoped for. Fitzpatrick bailed them out often but...

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13 year old girl battling cancer has her dream come true swimming with dolphins

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122067) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Jun 21

Hailee Peelman who is a 13 year old girl who is battling leukemia since she was seven years of age since her illness has been in a on and off basis is grateful that thanks to the Make A Wish Foundation, her dream of swimming with...

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Dolphins can herd too - and protect humans

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 19 Jul 20

Was just perusing the internet outside of mylot (I do this from time to time, you should try it - it's informative) Anyway, I came across an article from several years ago now about a few people...

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Dolphin Puzzle

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7386) • Sparta, Tennessee 11 Feb 20

This Dolphin puzzle is my fourth puzzle of the year. At 1,000 pieces it wasn't that bad to put together. It was just so much of one color that it took time to sort it out. I think I was done this in a week. I only really worked...

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myLot Has Gone to the Dolphins!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86568) • United States 29 Jan 20

Hopefully you've seen the escapades of fellow myLotter (and fellow Louisvillian) @LoriAMoore when she went to Cozumel and had the thrill of a lifetime, swimming with dolphins. It looks like myLot has gone to the dolphins! (And...

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have you ever swum with dolphins?

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 7 Nov 19

on a vacation to Mexico that was the only thing my daughter wanted to do (swim with the dolphins). She and my wife had a blast! Have you ever done that?

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Dolphin Swim in Bermuda

cyclonewriter @cyclonewriter (2168) • United States 12 Jan 19

Swam with the dolphins in Bermuda in 2017! It was amazing!! This one really liked me!! LOL ??

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A very sick Man Admitted his intimate love affair with a dolphin O_o

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 30 Sep 18

This man is a single dad with a daughter. I wonder how his daughter felt about this but this man admitted that once upon a time he fell in love with a lady named Dolly. Dolly is not woman though, she is a female dolphin....

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Birthday Breakfast for Friend

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40843) • Laguna Woods, California 21 Sep 18

This morning I went to one of my favorite Laguna Beach restaurants, Las Brisas, to celebrate the birthday of a friend. The restaurant has a wonderful brunch buffet every morning of the week, not just on weekends, so it is a nice...

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Intense Suffering For The Majestic Dolphin

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 13 Aug 18

Over 100,000 cetaceans* are killed each year. This isn't the ones that are caught in nets but ones that are specifically captured and used for bait. This number grows annually. They are pulled onto the boat and then harpooned or...

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The Dolphins are Back!

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40843) • Laguna Woods, California 2 Apr 18

The area around Laguna Beach has a pod of approximately 200 dolphins which make the ocean waters off this beach town their home. However, it is rare to see them in the winter. Sightings are more common in the spring and summer....

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Dolphins need fresh water

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 20 Feb 18

Dolphins spend their whole lives surrounded by seawater but - because they are mammals - they cannot drink it. Any that they do take in is expelled through their blowholes. So how do they get their fresh water then? The answer is...

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One Of The Nicest Gifts!

Catherine @bluesa (15022) • Johannesburg, South Africa 26 Aug 17

A friend of mine gave me a lovely gift today! They gave me the meaning of my name. I had helped out with something, so this friend of mine knew that blue is my favourite colour and I love dolphins and so not only did they give me...

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