One of the best things about being on a Stand Up Paddle board is the marine life you can see. It’s always a privilege, even just looking at a little school of fish, or a nice reef. But when you get sot see something big in the water–a shark, a whale, a turtle–it seems really special. And certainly one of the most exciting and wonderful animals to see are Dolphins (or more precisely, porpoises). All you have to do is look at their clear curiousity to understand how smart they are. Given how limited our understanding of intelligence is, I can’t help but think we might be looking at our intellectual equals or superiors.
This video is simply astonishing. In some ways it’s even more interesting to listen to the people talk about the “animals” and the “behavior” as if they were simply parroting a learned response. I have no idea how to make a ring like these dolphins do, and no idea how it could be manipulated like this. I don’t understand the physics.
Simply astonishing. Here’s some Beluga whales doing the same thing.
The YouTube comments are pathetic as usual. For some reason YouTube always seems to show people at [...]
