Dolphins: Divine Beings

Yes. I've seen dolphins and it was beautiful and MAGICAL, but my last experience made me wonder if we're doing more good than bad. When looking at the cutted fins of dolphins at Dolphin Bay-Bocas del Toro, by motors' props, I think it's more bad than good for them.

My way of giving back this experience to Mother Nature is sharing this little note, after researching and educating myself more about them. I discovered that they have an audition 100 times more developed than ours, that they sleep with half brain working, that their intelligence level is like dogs and monkeys, that they're social and playful beings and love to play with waves!

Going to a not so happy part, I also discovered that loud noises (like those of boats' engines) can affect their hearing and stress negatively. By being in a stressfull environment they could not feed, mate or act naturally. And, if we follow this line, lack of mating would lead to less dolphins and, eventually, their extinction in this area...
Another point: the Bay is full of jelly fish, one of dolphins' food. Spreading trash like plastic bags to seas, oceans and/or rivers, could kill them since they mistake plastic bags for jelly fish, sofocate and die.

I know that none of us want to harm or extinct dolphins, so if you visit Dolphin Bay or another similar place, I suggest that you give your small grain of sand: 1. Educate people whom you are sharing the boat with (including the driver) about how motor noises and plastic bags affect dolphins. 2. Once in the area, ask the driver to turn-off the motor. If we think the motors' noise is loud, can you imagine a dolphin with hearing 100 times more developed than ours? We don't want stressed dolphins who will not mate. 3. Please DO NOT chase them! I saw how 5 boats, including the one I was in, with visitors were chasing a group of dolphins to get to see them better. It's not very nice to be honest... specially by looking at the consecuences in dolphins' fins, mutilated by props and knowing they can be hit by the boat. Some even fear the props due to past experiences of damage. Dolphins at the open sea are more willing to come close since they haven't had negative experiences with boats. 4. Remember that they're wild dolphins at their natural habitat... their home. They are not trained to make tricks or play with us. 5. Taking some kind of food (healthy and appropriate for them) to attract them to our boat and having them come by will instead of chasing them in a frenetic hunt. Not sure if it's good to feed them since it could affect their natural cycle, but we could ask a dolphin expert of that area.

What I didn't know, until after I publish this note, is that there's a law made by ARAP (Panamanian Authority of Aquatic Resources) about sight-seeing dolphins. If you read a little bit Spanish, you'll be able to know more "key info" at this article published in La Prensa [in Spanish]: http://burica.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/los-delfines-de-los-laguna-de-bocatorito/.

Like every experience with a wild animal, it's possible that you will not see them completely (full body), but see a fin or a tail. But the Bay is BEAUTIFUL, calm waters and an amazing sky. Just being there is a blessing, a magical experience that shouldn't be "programed". It's better to see them by parts than to chase them and harm them... Don't you think?

I'm not an expert biologist. My basic knowledge comes from Google, Wikipedia and books ;) I'm a fan of nature and its wonders, with lots of hope that it will last forever! If you have any additional suggestions to contribute dolphins' preservation or any information that needs to be corrected, feel free to post your comments in order to educate us all!

"We protect what we love, love what we know and know what we understand" - Philippe Cousteau

More info about dolphins at http://www.dolphins-world.com/

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[leilanigonzalez]

Hi dolphinlove. Thanks for your comments! Hope you liked my website.

@wolfwalker23: thanks! :) please, spread the word and feel free to share this video :)

[lukepevensie]

i go to sea world a lot, but before they make more stricter rules, i was able to communicate and train them to funny things that trainers won't dare teach. i taught them how to make their heads in a circle by following the hands of the person playing the game, but i do get wet all the time. i'm lucky to have one as a spirit guide, without a dolphin guide, i don't know what to do. because i meditated in front of dolphins before.

[dolphinlove73]

Great video Leilani!!! Lots of contaninats in the Ocean killing dolphins & other Marine life. =( Also boat strikes, nets, & dolphin hunts lke the ones in Taji, Japan..."The Cove" movie is a must watch! In these dolhin hunts whole pods are driven into the cove & some dolphins are selected for the live trade for Dolphinariums & Marine Parks while the rest are then cruelly killed including mothers with calves. I'm going to check out your website....Aloha! =)

[wolfwalker23]

good video, and nice message.