dolphins making bubble rings

[xgrafcorex]

[YOUTUBE]TMCf7SNUb-Q[/YOUTUBE]

has anyone seen this before? just saw it today for the first time. there are some other videos if you look at some of the related videos. pretty cool looking.

 

[cacoseraph]

i can't see the vid at work but i believe dolphins and some whales and some predator fish use bubbles to herd schools of fish into tight clusters that are easier to feed on

 

[tyrant963]

wow, i didnt know they could do that:? Do you know how they do that?

 

[cacoseraph]

again, i can't see the vid... but i believe the dolphins expel air from their lungs to do it


dunno how the fishies could do it though. do fish exhale bulk CO2 like a mammal or does the gas exchange just happen in the gills? i think i have some books at home that might say


hmm. did you know orca are the largest of the dolpins? interesting.


ah... apparently that vid is of some sort of playtime? i'll stop now =P

 

[tyrant963]

this is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCf7SNUb-Q

 

[Bedlam]

again, i can't see the vid... but i believe the dolphins expel air from their lungs to do it

Hahahaha.....that's deep! :clap:

All hysterics aside, that's a pretty neat video!

 

[GartenSpinnen]

Does this give anybody else flashbacks of that old sega video game with the dolphin and rings?.... what was it called.... echo?

 

[Aarantula]

That's incredible!!!

 

[Kwadapok]

Does this give anybody else flashbacks of that old sega video game with the dolphin and rings?.... what was it called.... echo?

Haha yea I know what you are talking about and yes I believe it was called echo. very cool vid.

 

[Xaranx]

Ecco the Dolphin on the genesis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecco_the_dolphin

And that's an awesome vid, dolphins are cool. I like how they wait til it's big enough then swim through it til it breaks on their fins.

 

[ChondroGirl]

I loved that video! Dolphins are so intelligent, they make up their own games!

 

[dragonblade71]

I go to Kangaroo Island in South Australia on a regular basis and I get to see some really interesting behaviour with the local pods of dolphins over there. The last few times, I have seen one individual (in a group of dolphins) hold it's body upside down vertically half out of the water and whack it's tail on the surface repeatedly. Later, I read on the Internet that this is a sign of dominance.

Sometimes when we are on a boat cruising around the island, dolphins come up to us and play around. They race alongside the boat and sometimes go underneath too. It's a magical experience.

I have the Sega game 'Echo' also! Though I haven't played it for ages.