Extraordinary dolphin footage
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By , on April 13th, 2013 11 comments   Biology, Mammals, Pictures and Movies, Weird   , , , , , ,  

In my inbox today was this video of a remarkable bit of animal behaviour captured on video. It shows the famous manta night dive in Hawai’i interrupted by a dolphin, which seems to solicit help from a diver for a case of fishing line entanglement. The dolphin holds patiently still while the diver carefully removes . . . → Read More: Extraordinary dolphin footage

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TGIF: Fear the Dolphins (also Darwin)
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By , on November 19th, 2010 One comment   Pictures and Movies   , , ,  

A couple of webcomics for your Friday. The dolphins may have fooled Jason Goldman, but they don’t fool us. And was young Darwin a tool??? O NOES.

Bad Moko. Bad dolphin. Go home now.
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By , on July 27th, 2009 11 comments   Conservation & Environment   , , ,  

Image from Otago Daily Times Have you heard about Moko the dolphin? Moko is a three-year-old bottlenose dolphin from New Zealand that gained fame in March last year, when he rescued two pygmy sperm whales. Moko guided them though a narrow channel to safety. Now, Moko is a local resident at Mahia Beach in . . . → Read More: Bad Moko. Bad dolphin. Go home now.

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