Love to do it, love to share it.... If you go to my site at I think there is one other vid, Seapics... a slideshow with good tunes..... Its on my site and here in facebook on my 1deepstar channel....
I think we can disregard other creatures only at our own peril... the idea that when we look at an animal we see somebody in there is lost on many folks... The issue with dolphins, ethical considerations aside, is that they aren't safe to eat and the only way to sell dolphin meat is to lie about it... Mercury is the worst contaminant.... Then, of course come consideration for the fact that dolphins are simply marvelous, forgiving, intelligent, beautiful.....
I used to work for a marine lab in CA, south of Los Angeles. I spent a year processing tissue samples from stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Not only did we find high levels of heavy metals like mercury, but at the time (1988), we found the highest levels on record for ANY mammal of PCB's (polychlorinated biphenyls) and DDT metabolites as well. What this said about our entire ecosystem was shocking, considering these toxins bioaccumulate.
Great Job Ted and much props to the photographer as well!
- Makes Me Think: What a Different experience than watchn the HUNDREDS of those DOOSHES doggy paddle after the dolphins. Or watching ButtFlap blow his Gay little bubble rings!! HAha!! Yea... I SEE YOU TOO YOU SOMBICH!!!!!
Perhaps its been your experience, certainly has been mine, that most mammals seem to be able to interact with humans provided the situation allows for it.
I have seen remarkable relationships with rats, rabbits, raccoons, seals, otters, monkeys fish, snakes, and the list goes on...
If I have learned anything its that when you see a fellow animal, there is somebody in there. There is a conversation already going on.. the issue is speaking a common language... finding a middle ground.
Maybe its the large brains of dolphins that gives them the ability to really plan, enough to sense anxiety in humans & direct them to the shore. Unlike dogs, they seem to be less pack/dominance oriented -- they're acting out of genuine empathy, rather then desire to serve the social order (protect a dominance-exuding human.)
Seems like all mammals like to learn/satisfy their curiosity. If you can comm that you're safe & receptive, most mammals feel comfortable enough include you in play.
If you watch carefully beginning at 58secs you will see that one dolphin has a white leaf on its tail - flukes. Watch that leaf and what they do with it while they swim with me... they are multitasking and "including" me in the game... of course I can't even match their movement so I just hold position and enjoy being part of it...
Love to do it, love to share it.... If you go to my site at I think there is one other vid, Seapics... a slideshow with good tunes..... Its on my site and here in facebook on my 1deepstar channel....
1deepstar 11 months ago
Thanks. In addition to being a danger to every other living thing on this planet, man continues to be the biggest danger to himself.
KJamesB 2 years ago
I think we can disregard other creatures only at our own peril... the idea that when we look at an animal we see somebody in there is lost on many folks... The issue with dolphins, ethical considerations aside, is that they aren't safe to eat and the only way to sell dolphin meat is to lie about it... Mercury is the worst contaminant.... Then, of course come consideration for the fact that dolphins are simply marvelous, forgiving, intelligent, beautiful.....
1deepstar 2 years ago
@1deepstar
I used to work for a marine lab in CA, south of Los Angeles. I spent a year processing tissue samples from stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Not only did we find high levels of heavy metals like mercury, but at the time (1988), we found the highest levels on record for ANY mammal of PCB's (polychlorinated biphenyls) and DDT metabolites as well. What this said about our entire ecosystem was shocking, considering these toxins bioaccumulate.
just fyi.
IchthyicNZ 1 year ago
The Man Doin What He Does! -
Great Job Ted and much props to the photographer as well!
- Makes Me Think: What a Different experience than watchn the HUNDREDS of those DOOSHES doggy paddle after the dolphins. Or watching ButtFlap blow his Gay little bubble rings!! HAha!! Yea... I SEE YOU TOO YOU SOMBICH!!!!!
TheB0omB0x 2 years ago
cool. thanks for posting the link on HuffPo.
It's not a cultural fixation/preference/hypocrisy, they really are more curious, intuitive and empathetic than most other mammals.
crock703 2 years ago
Perhaps its been your experience, certainly has been mine, that most mammals seem to be able to interact with humans provided the situation allows for it.
I have seen remarkable relationships with rats, rabbits, raccoons, seals, otters, monkeys fish, snakes, and the list goes on...
If I have learned anything its that when you see a fellow animal, there is somebody in there. There is a conversation already going on.. the issue is speaking a common language... finding a middle ground.
1deepstar 2 years ago
yeah
Maybe its the large brains of dolphins that gives them the ability to really plan, enough to sense anxiety in humans & direct them to the shore. Unlike dogs, they seem to be less pack/dominance oriented -- they're acting out of genuine empathy, rather then desire to serve the social order (protect a dominance-exuding human.)
Seems like all mammals like to learn/satisfy their curiosity. If you can comm that you're safe & receptive, most mammals feel comfortable enough include you in play.
crock703 2 years ago
Aloha,
If you watch carefully beginning at 58secs you will see that one dolphin has a white leaf on its tail - flukes. Watch that leaf and what they do with it while they swim with me... they are multitasking and "including" me in the game... of course I can't even match their movement so I just hold position and enjoy being part of it...
1deepstar 2 years ago
beautiful Ted! thanks :)
love, Maaike
mycuhmermaid 2 years ago
One Love,
Ted
1deepstar 2 years ago