Get along, little...er, dolphie?
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Dolphin Stampede. 58 seconds of unscripted, unexpected nature awesomeness. SLYT.
Oh shit!
posted by The Straightener at 7:31 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by The Straightener at 7:31 PM on December 17, 2008
Okay, that was cool, pretty cool, pretty cool ...
And then holy fuck.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:32 PM on December 17, 2008 [6 favorites]
And then holy fuck.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:32 PM on December 17, 2008 [6 favorites]
You have to wonder if God is hoping we drive ourselves to extinction before we take the dolphins out with us.
posted by Joe Beese at 7:34 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by Joe Beese at 7:34 PM on December 17, 2008
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!
posted by racingjs at 7:35 PM on December 17, 2008 [7 favorites]
posted by racingjs at 7:35 PM on December 17, 2008 [7 favorites]
You have to wonder if God is hoping we drive ourselves to extinction before we take the dolphins out with us.
You don't have to wonder.
posted by swift at 7:40 PM on December 17, 2008 [5 favorites]
You don't have to wonder.
posted by swift at 7:40 PM on December 17, 2008 [5 favorites]
There must have been a sale at Narwhal-mart.
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 7:42 PM on December 17, 2008 [5 favorites]
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 7:42 PM on December 17, 2008 [5 favorites]
Hmm. Bottlenose bruises. Blowhole burns. Flipper prints. This looks like the work of rowdy teens. Lou, cancel the prom.
posted by nicwolff at 7:44 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by nicwolff at 7:44 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
For a moment I thought I was in Fin-land.
posted by storybored at 8:12 PM on December 17, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by storybored at 8:12 PM on December 17, 2008 [3 favorites]
The camera and the remains of the boat were found later on an island nearby. Beside the corpses, someone--or something--had scrawled, "Jump through your own fucking hoops."
posted by shadytrees at 8:15 PM on December 17, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by shadytrees at 8:15 PM on December 17, 2008 [3 favorites]
I wonder what our grandkids will think as they watch these old youtube videos and marvel at what used to live on our planet.
posted by maxwelton at 8:16 PM on December 17, 2008 [6 favorites]
posted by maxwelton at 8:16 PM on December 17, 2008 [6 favorites]
Holy crap: Polar bears playing with dogs.
posted by delmoi at 8:16 PM on December 17, 2008 [12 favorites]
posted by delmoi at 8:16 PM on December 17, 2008 [12 favorites]
That must have been a helluva shark that they were fleeing from.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 8:22 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by BitterOldPunk at 8:22 PM on December 17, 2008
Holy crap: Polar bears playing with dogs .
Go to 1:12. The bear picks up the dog and hugs it.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:24 PM on December 17, 2008
Go to 1:12. The bear picks up the dog and hugs it.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:24 PM on December 17, 2008
It's all fun and games until the polar bears eat the cameraman, a la Timothy Treadwell.
posted by Justinian at 8:31 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by Justinian at 8:31 PM on December 17, 2008
Animals are God's way of telling us: you know, there are alternatives....
posted by JHarris at 8:35 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 8:35 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
Amazing - I saw something very similar in a small fishing boat in that exact spot in the Sea of Cortez, 11 years ago. I wonder if it's some of the same animals.
posted by Pantengliopoli at 8:43 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by Pantengliopoli at 8:43 PM on December 17, 2008
I've been swimming with wild dolphins in Hawaii. Marvelous experience. If you get the chance you should try it, but do it soon; the U.S. government plans to pretty much outlaw this soon. Turns out that running a motor boat into the middle of a pod of dolphins may have harmful consequences for them.
posted by twoleftfeet at 8:47 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by twoleftfeet at 8:47 PM on December 17, 2008
Salmon fishing off Santa Barbara I saw one of those times ten, must have been a few thousand of them, an absolute dolphin storm. Watching an adult and offspring jumping right next to each other was beautiful.
posted by Iron Rat at 8:59 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by Iron Rat at 8:59 PM on December 17, 2008
Science and nature are just too damn cool.
posted by Ruby Stevens at 9:06 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by Ruby Stevens at 9:06 PM on December 17, 2008
Really awesome.
posted by schyler523 at 9:15 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by schyler523 at 9:15 PM on December 17, 2008
I thought the textures were pretty realistic, but obviously the water splashes were there to obscure any imperfections in the 3D wireframes, as was the entire shaky base video. So when is this Cetaceous Park coming out?
posted by dhartung at 9:15 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by dhartung at 9:15 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
Damn Dolphin camwhores.
Go to 1:12. The bear picks up the dog and hugs it.
I don't like this. I don't like this one bit. The Animals are getting friendly. Forging alliances. Alliances against us.
posted by The Whelk at 9:22 PM on December 17, 2008 [4 favorites]
Go to 1:12. The bear picks up the dog and hugs it.
I don't like this. I don't like this one bit. The Animals are getting friendly. Forging alliances. Alliances against us.
posted by The Whelk at 9:22 PM on December 17, 2008 [4 favorites]
I feel imbued with a marvellous sense of porpoise.
posted by Rumple at 9:48 PM on December 17, 2008 [12 favorites]
posted by Rumple at 9:48 PM on December 17, 2008 [12 favorites]
Though more seriously, I've been in such swarms several times in Haida Gwaii -- on one occasion we estimated 500 dolphins travelling together. There were experienced marine mammal types on board so this is not some wild guess.
There's a place up there we go fishing for halibut, and on the run out to the fishing bank we very often see a smaller pod of dolphins, say a dozen or so, and they will ride our bow wave and generally gambol around. If you lie on the foredeck with your fingers trailing in the water they will come and rub against your fingers and roll on their sides and give you a big eyeful of curiosity.
posted by Rumple at 9:52 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
There's a place up there we go fishing for halibut, and on the run out to the fishing bank we very often see a smaller pod of dolphins, say a dozen or so, and they will ride our bow wave and generally gambol around. If you lie on the foredeck with your fingers trailing in the water they will come and rub against your fingers and roll on their sides and give you a big eyeful of curiosity.
posted by Rumple at 9:52 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
So were these Dolphins just jumping for the halibut?
posted by Severian at 9:55 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Severian at 9:55 PM on December 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
Go to 1:12. The bear picks up the dog and hugs it.
Ringing through my mind, "I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him."
posted by YoBananaBoy at 10:03 PM on December 17, 2008 [4 favorites]
Ringing through my mind, "I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him."
posted by YoBananaBoy at 10:03 PM on December 17, 2008 [4 favorites]
I know the animals are laughing at us
They don't even know what a joke is
posted by sleepy pete at 10:14 PM on December 17, 2008 [3 favorites]
They don't even know what a joke is
posted by sleepy pete at 10:14 PM on December 17, 2008 [3 favorites]
Anyone who likes this sort of thing should read Steinbeck's The Log from the Sea of Cortez forthwith. (I'm currently reading it on my lunch breaks.)
He describes these dolphins -- and crabs, and worms, and fish, and people -- in very thorough, entertaining ways.
It's like a whole book of how you wished people would comment on awesome YouTube videos.
posted by mudpuppie at 10:18 PM on December 17, 2008
He describes these dolphins -- and crabs, and worms, and fish, and people -- in very thorough, entertaining ways.
It's like a whole book of how you wished people would comment on awesome YouTube videos.
posted by mudpuppie at 10:18 PM on December 17, 2008
It's "Sea of Cortés", guys. That goes for you too, Steinbeck.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 12:46 AM on December 18, 2008
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 12:46 AM on December 18, 2008
OK, two things.
1. New place added to life list.
2. WHAT THE FUCKING HELL, POLAR BEARS?
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:05 AM on December 18, 2008
1. New place added to life list.
2. WHAT THE FUCKING HELL, POLAR BEARS?
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:05 AM on December 18, 2008
I wouldn't want to be in front of that herd just before Wal-Mart opens on Black Friday.
posted by AwkwardPause at 5:51 AM on December 18, 2008
posted by AwkwardPause at 5:51 AM on December 18, 2008
Escape pod!
posted by steef at 6:11 AM on December 18, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by steef at 6:11 AM on December 18, 2008 [1 favorite]
Meh. Humans rule, dolphins can suck it.
posted by aftermarketradio at 6:18 AM on December 18, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by aftermarketradio at 6:18 AM on December 18, 2008 [1 favorite]
That was cool. My jaw actually dropped when the real stampede began.
posted by diogenes at 10:16 AM on December 18, 2008
posted by diogenes at 10:16 AM on December 18, 2008
A lot nearer to many of you I encountered a similar event.
I was at the helm around 6:oo am. heading due east from N.J. (Brielle)
Five of us were making our weekly trip to the Hudson canyon 100+ miles offshore for some sport fishing.
The other four guys were snoozing below while I was on the fly bridge helm running on auto fighting to keep my eyes open.
In the dawns meager light I slowly became aware that I was surrounded by hundreds of frolicking porpoises.
We were used to them, a dozen or so, competing to ride our bow wave on occasion. But this morning there were porpoises frolicking and running with us 200 yards in every direction. We could not do justice to an estimate of the numbers. It was the most amazing thing. The word awesome was fitting. A one time event for us. We never witnessed it again.
Back at the dock Sunday night an old timer said he had seen it once in his lifetime.
(LOL - Now I'm the old timer)
posted by notreally at 12:07 PM on December 18, 2008 [1 favorite]
That was Kermit The Frog doing the on-the-spot reporting, right?
posted by Nick Verstayne at 3:45 PM on December 18, 2008
posted by Nick Verstayne at 3:45 PM on December 18, 2008
This post is really awesome for people who haven't been to the ocean where dolphins live.
posted by Eekacat at 9:31 PM on December 18, 2008
posted by Eekacat at 9:31 PM on December 18, 2008
I've seen dolphins in the wild on occasion, and the first half of the video, I was like 'Oh, that'd be neat to see live, I guess'. The second half the video, I was like 'Holy fucking hell!'
posted by jacquilynne at 9:11 AM on December 19, 2008
posted by jacquilynne at 9:11 AM on December 19, 2008
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