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Killer Dolphins Baffle Marine Experts
Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 25/01/2008 | Nigel Blundell

Posted on 01/26/2008 11:58:30 AM PST by DogByte6RER

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To: Blue State Insurgent
Yes. Don’t Lions do the same?

So do house cats...

61 posted on 01/26/2008 2:32:36 PM PST by null and void (Does "I don't remember" Hillary!™ have Alzheimer's? She needs to release her medical records now!)
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To: diamond6
There is a lot of talk about all the estrogen from birth control pills passing in urine and into the environment is causing havoc in wildlife.

Who knows?

9 posted on 01/26/2008 12:04:50 PM PST by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has been born. Ronald Reagan)

Isn't it amazing that all of the world's estrogen only shows up off the coast of Virginia and Scotland?

62 posted on 01/26/2008 2:36:31 PM PST by american_ranger (Never ever use DirecTV)
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To: DogByte6RER

No good candidates even among the dolphins. Crap.


63 posted on 01/26/2008 2:39:02 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (If you don't vote, you don't matter.)
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To: Zack Attack
No mystery. Since animals mimic human behavior, they too, have formed violent street gangs who kill for no logical reason. :)

48 posted on 01/26/2008 1:02:08 PM PST by Zack Attack

It is the illegal immigrant dolphins from Mexico forming MS13 gangs.

64 posted on 01/26/2008 2:39:05 PM PST by american_ranger (Never ever use DirecTV)
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To: george76


It happens....

65 posted on 01/26/2008 2:48:11 PM PST by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul politicians. The Ship of State needs a good scrubbing!)
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To: DogByte6RER

WaitaMINUTE!

“SUPPOSEDLY Peace loving” creatures destroying “rival” creatures because they have hidden ‘AGGRESSIVE” tendencies?

hmmmm sounds familiar....


66 posted on 01/26/2008 2:49:53 PM PST by max americana
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To: DogByte6RER

Dolphins have also been observed committing rape and even gang rape.


67 posted on 01/26/2008 2:54:17 PM PST by SlapHappyPappy
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To: SlapHappyPappy; All

National Geographic’s “The Dark Side of Dolphins”:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e65_1186275383


68 posted on 01/26/2008 3:16:59 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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More background here:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/press/990202.html


69 posted on 01/26/2008 3:20:01 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

(music) “Everyone loves the king of the sea, ever so kind, and gentle is he ...”


70 posted on 01/26/2008 3:22:14 PM PST by LiberConservative
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To: DogByte6RER

Did you notice that, during the “random” attacks they were erect?


71 posted on 01/26/2008 4:40:26 PM PST by SlapHappyPappy
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To: DogByte6RER

Didnt dolphins kill that man in the bizarre death that occurred in an aquarium after hours when he wanted to swim with them. I am not sure but I thought someone said he was also sexuallly assaulted although I cannnot imagine how.


72 posted on 01/26/2008 6:21:46 PM PST by Chickensoup (If it is not permitted, it is prohibited. Only the government can permit....)
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To: BIGLOOK
I went looking to find out why the story listed Porpoises and Dolphins, seemingly interchangeably -- and found the following:
Identity Crisis: Dolphin or Porpoise? What is the difference between a dolphin and a porpoise! "Dolphin" usually refers to the specific group of small, toothed cetaceans in the family Delphinidae. There are over 30 species of true dolphins, including familiar species like the bottlenose, spinner, and spotted dolphins. Although the largest members of this group are commonly called whales because of their size, they are actually most closely related to other dolphins. The large dolphins include killer whales and pilot whales.

"Porpoise" refers to six species in the family Phocoenidae. All porpoises are relatively small by cetacean standards, measuring 7 feet (2 meters) or less as adults.

The notable differences between dolphins and porpoises are these:

Dolphins Porpoises
Always have cone-shaped teeth Always have spade-shaped teeth
Usually have a beak Never have a beak
Usually have a hooked or curved dorsal fin (some have no dorsal fin) Usually have a dorsal fin shaped like a triangle (some have no dorsal fin)

Heyning, John E. Masters of the Ocean Realm: Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995), p. 31.

Hence your pic of a "whale" tossing a porpoise is really two dolphins. Interesting.


73 posted on 01/26/2008 8:49:37 PM PST by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: brityank
Call it territoriality or opportunity or animosity......

Does anyone think that the interactions of denizens of the sea can be accurately defined by a camera and a small boat?
74 posted on 01/26/2008 9:25:16 PM PST by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul politicians. The Ship of State needs a good scrubbing!)
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To: BIGLOOK

Maybe Moe Hammad got to them too. ;^)


75 posted on 01/26/2008 9:48:59 PM PST by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: DogByte6RER

Flipper Flips Out - Goes Postal!


76 posted on 01/26/2008 9:54:18 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Number1FredHeadSwitch2Mitt)
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To: BlazingArizona

They must also hang around the coastal waters near Compton...


77 posted on 01/26/2008 10:03:11 PM PST by Schwaeky (The Republic--Shall be reorganized into the first American EMPIRE, for a safe and secure Society!)
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To: american_ranger

Estrogen??? Nah, must be the testosterone in the urine from all the anabolic steroids and HGH.....


78 posted on 01/26/2008 10:05:16 PM PST by Schwaeky (The Republic--Shall be reorganized into the first American EMPIRE, for a safe and secure Society!)
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To: DogByte6RER

Well they’re animals. Did they think that dolphins were swimming to undersea libraries and discussing literature and politics?


79 posted on 01/26/2008 10:09:30 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: 1rudeboy

>> I knew giving them lasers wasn’t a good idea.

The Flipper Ultimatum (a.k.a The Flipper Identity)


80 posted on 01/26/2008 10:12:35 PM PST by Gene Eric
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