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It frighten me a bit, I don’t know why.

This was very cool to see. Thanks for sharing. Very, very clever dolphins! I wonder if these hunting techniques are specific to this pod or if they teach other dolphins in the general area.

That is freaking amazing. Theres certainly something to be said for taking the time to observe nature. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! it was amazing! thanks for sharing.

Absolutely awesome and amazing… Thank you for sharing!

Comparable to other animals and inanimate objects they are very smart.

They have a lot of evolving to do to match our intelligence.

Dolphins are awesome The Guardian had a story in 2003, also mentioning this technique among other things. It’s an interesting read, you can find it here.

After the ‘car chase’ post, I was very nervous watching this with my 3-year-old shoulder surfing. I was waiting for the chain-saw wielding hunters to turn the water red.

Dolphin are amazing. I had not heard of this technique, but I have seen how the spotted wild dolphin in the Bahamas can burrow under the sea floor to dig out small file fish. We travel to the Bahamas at least once per year to “visit” the dolphin. I am not permitted to say where they are exactly as the researchers at the Wild Dolphin Project are concerned that too much human interaction with the spotted dolphin will disrupt their ecosystem.

Here are some photos and a short video of dolphin swimming under our boat: http://intrepid339.com/page/5

Anyone interested in learning about the Wild Dolphin Project should check-out: http://www.wilddolphinproject.org

(I hope posting links is Ok)

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Could be from a book on entrepreneurship :-) Nice!

Wow…pure nature at it’s wildest. Thanks for sharing!

That is fantastic! While we’re on the subject of smart dolphins, how about this skill?

Dolphin Bubbles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVgXJ55G6Y

If we could measure the IQ of dolphins, I believe we’d find some smarter than the average human.

They are amazing. I’ve never heard of that behavior, but here in Charleston is one of the only places they’ve been observed chasing fish up on the mud and actually sliding up after them. Then they roll back into the water.

They’re also social learners so one could go teach others the same trick. That’s incredibly uncommon among animals.

Anyway, thanks for sharing. That was a nice break.

Another superb BBC documentary. I live in London and I am a massive fan of their work. There many other fantastic BBC documentaries.

This is similar to the technique used by humpback whales. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJvfjiCTvq4

Cool. That is similar to how I fish for Cheetos.

The dolphins look so happy waiting for their jumping fish.

it’s amazing for mee to see this thing. Something new that i learn again and it is about dolphin that you share in this blog. Like this hehe!