Posted on 01/26/2008 11:58:30 AM PST by DogByte6RER
LOL!!! That was one strange movie.
That explains a lot. LOL!!!
LOL!!! GO HALLIBURTON GO!!! LOL!!!
Dear Nigel,
I was going to say I was shocked by your repeated use of the word “murder,” but I’m really not, since you’re an idiot. I mean, as a writer for the Telegraph, I didn’t expect much to begin with, but I was still somewhat amazed by your stupidity.
First off, the vast majority of these attacks were against another species, so it was probably territorial, but who knows for sure, SINCE THEY’RE WILD ANIMALS! The only thing that you can know for sure about a wild animal is that it will act like a wild animal, no matter how much you try to anthropomorphise it.
And on that note, getting back to your repeated use of the word “murder.” Murder is a legal term. Until you can find me bona fide proof of a “Dolphin Legal System” please limit your use of the word. Again, these are wild animals. They may be bright, friendly (for the most part) and look like they’re smiling (because that’s the way their mouth is shaped), but that doesn’t give them the ability to develop the concept of laws and “murder.” But then again, being human (allegedly, in your case) doesn’t seem to have given you the ability either.
Mark
If only the leftist war protesters would follow the fine example of our fine mammalian friends!
Mark
And there it is in a nutshell in that link you posted. We should send it to the marine experts...
It's hard to visualise but the intelligent and ever-friendly dolphin can also be a determined killer.
Why is it so hard? They are large, intelligent predatory hunters - not meek little vegetarians! Maybe these “experts” watched too many episodes of “Flipper”?
They need Midnight basketball!
Islamic dolphins?
Oh, so the orca (killer whale) is actually a dolphin. I am fascinated by cetaceans, and other marine mammals, and love to learn about them.
Still, as Big Look says, there is much about them that remains mystery.
You know, here we have living right next door to Humanity a group of intelligent beings that have a language and a society for us to investigate and experience, and we treat them like dogs and cats and teach them tricks. We also have many groups of scientists and supporters spending time and treasure planning and looking in the heavens for "the first signs of 'intelligent' life".
Who's playing with who?
When it comes to wild animals, I simply enjoy and respect them. I am always thrilled to spot a pod of dolphins from the shore. However, I would not be so dim-bulbed as to “swim with the dolphins.” Nor do I want to see them swimming in a tank and doing “tricks.”
Speaking of wildlife, a hummingird is nesting in a tree branch outside my window for the second time this season. I think she laid her eggs yesterday.
I interviewed several sources for an article I once wrote re dolphins and sea lions, found that amazingly little research was being done re the Pacific bottlenose dolphin.
Precisely my point; we are all limited by our own experiences and environment. That equates to Human-only interaction and a land-based society. I doubt that Early Man had much more than those same signaling type communications that eventually developed into the plethora of languages and meanings we have today.
True; but how long have we really spent in that study, and how is it done? While Man can go into the water, he can't live there without vast external support, nor can he stay in the water for extended (~24 Hours plus) stays without severe physical degradation.
Much the same as taking an Aborigine and dropping him into Queens, or one from NYC into the Amazon. I suspect the Aborigine would survive better and longer. :^)
The basic gist of the story is that we look at the rest of the animal kingdom from our own views, and the seeming revulsion at dolphins killing others and other species, when in fact those are Human values that have little relationship to survival in their environments. I recall that Jane Goodall made a big deal out of the killing of one of 'her' monkeys by others in the tribe -- again casting human values on them. I don't believe that we will ever be able to have any viable communication with other earthly species, because there is no evidence of any reasoning ability for future activities; yet we still have folks trying to set "The Dolphin Murders" documentary as viable scientific proof that those dolphins must have it.
The ones that beach themselves just can’t take the violence anymore and do it as a protest.”
Peacenik Dolphins? Liberal Dolphins?
It’s been fun, reading this thread and seeing conservatives’ sarcastic reaction to liberal bemusement on dolphin misbehavior. Dolphins engage in cruelty and violence, liberals analyze and conservatives joke.
” Along Scotland’s East Coast and in America off the beaches of Virginia...”
I think someone should contact PETA and ask them to set up anger-management and self-esteem classes for these killer dolphins.
Thanks george.
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