Posted on 09/15/2016 10:15:20 AM PDT by EveningStar
Remember “weaselpecker,” that hard-to-believe photo of a weasel riding a bird, Rescuers-style? Those types of animal interactions go viral because they seem rare to us. Yet the phenomena of species riding other species isn’t actually that unusual.
In 2004 and 2006, researchers documented two instances of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) giving a lift to a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) near Hawaii...
Here are some other instances of animal-on-animal action...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
They could have used a less suggestive turn of phrase here.
“Dolphins on Whales...”
Hey, consenting mammals, closing time...
I have a large dog. Great Pyrenees.
He has nothing but love in his heart for all small animals. He wants to guard them. It fulfills him to simply be near them. It is his programming.
I have cats. They are dicks. I try to acclimate them to the dog by sneakily (while petting them) putting them on top of the dog, like in the above photo, and holding them there by their scruff for a few seconds.
I figured the cats would realize that they can be friends, and after a while, I’d come home from work and find them spooning. you know, like in a calendar photo.
No dice thus far.
They’ll get along just as soon as the dog learns he is their servant and the cats are the masters :)
Dolphins are the college students of the sea. No surprise they’d ride the bow wave of a whale if they get the chance. They often surf the bow waves of ships. If nothing else, it’s a way to conserve energy.
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