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AIBU to be livid how dolphins are portrayed compared to how they are?

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Otherwize · 06/10/2018 23:48

I am angry and sick and tired of how dolphins try and make out they are nice and friendly and cute when they are anything but. They are one of the most aggressive species in the animal kingdom, regularly involved in GANG RAPES of other dolphins that sometimes goes on for days, they also kill their OWN children so that the mother pays more attention to her husband dolphin so he can have sex with her without her being distracted by her child and they also are aggressive to humans when nobody is looking (I.e in the sea when nobody is around, not when they have an audience like at a sea world centre) But everyone says “aww dolphins are so cute and so friendly” but their not.

I think it’s because they look like they are always smiling and laughing that people think they are cute, but to me they look like they have evil eyes and cackling rather than laughing. People say alligators and crocodiles and snakes are evil what about dolphins? People only see the tame ones that like to show off to humans and do tricks and let us swim with them and stroke them and think all dolphins are like that but the ones in the wild are a different matter altogether.

Plus, people say that dolphins are clever because they use clicks to communicate with each other. Has nobody stopped to think that they may be clicking and conspiring amongst themselves?

I’m actually fuming, only because I just got back from someone showing holiday pics and they were going on and on about the dolphins and how they were so cute and I told them dolphins aren’t cute and they are dangerous and would they swim with and pet crocodiles? They Didn’t get why it was the same but any animal can turn against you and I have even saw footage of a dolphin purposely try to drown a human and drag them underwater. AND they also kill other sea baby animals and play volleyball with them, they don’t even eat them or are threatened by them, they just do it for a laugh. Why are they seen as friendly animals?

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MorningsEleven · 07/10/2018 11:27

the one I saw back in the summer must have committed suicide because it read your thread

Bugger me! They can time travel.

DwangelaForever · 07/10/2018 11:25

HmmBiscuit

thenightsky · 07/10/2018 11:24

I saw a documentary a couple of years ago where a lunatic hippy type woman wanted to give birth in the sea surrounded by dolphins. (I think she lived in Hawaii)

In the end she had to give birth in hospital for medical reasons. I spent the entire programme shouting at the telly "DON'T BE BLOODY STUPID, THEY WILL EAT YOUR CHILD

I remember that! I was shouting the same thing at the TV!

ColinsVeryJolly · 07/10/2018 11:22

I agree about Pandas, particularly after watching a Chris Packham interview.

But then...

look at the cute little fuckers!

AIBU to be livid how dolphins are portrayed compared to how they are?
WingsofXXSteel · 07/10/2018 11:22

Was OP's stbexd cheating with a duck or have I misunderstood?

roundaboutthetown · 07/10/2018 11:21

Otherwize - I guess you hate all humans, too, and get angry when anyone dares think another human being is cute? Do you avoid all humans, too, because we sure as hell are an unpleasant, nasty, dangerous species by your standards.

HerRoyalFattyness · 07/10/2018 11:19

Oyster i read about that too.

Fucking pandas, pretending to be pregnant just for the benefits. Hmm

PortiaCastis · 07/10/2018 11:18

Have you seen the awful sight of a beached dead dolphin being put on a low loader OP it isn't pleasant or pretty and is in fact very sad to see, the one I saw back in the summer must have committed suicide because it read your thread. Quite often I see them swimming out in the bay not doing any harm to anyone and playing so I do think your B.U.

FerryLaugh7 · 07/10/2018 11:14

Has this been mentioned, read up on this study. The girl who talked to dolphins, Margaret Howe Lovatt

FermatsTheorem · 07/10/2018 11:11

Surely I can't be the only person wondering about the state of OP's hangover this morning? Grin

Yup, "nature red in tooth and claw" - it's a bit of a shock when you've grown up believing the disney-fied version!

pootlepootle · 07/10/2018 11:08

Thank you for posting this. Was just brilliant.

Oysterbabe · 07/10/2018 11:08

I read about a panda who started showing pregnancy behaviour because it had figured out that it would be put in it's own enclosure and given more food. It's a smart move but just highlights what bastards they are.

ItWentInMyEye · 07/10/2018 11:03

I'd like to know what brand of  Gin you're having please @Otherwize

HerRoyalFattyness · 07/10/2018 10:58

I'm another who agrees about pandas.

Lazy bastards. If they aren't going to help themselves, why should we help them?
Most of them live a better life than we do, food on demand, people want them to have sex and be happy, i bet they even have a 50 inch TV and a goat! Shock

Yet us humans work hard, have to use food banks, no one is interested in our sex lives and my TV is nowhere near 50 inches! As for the goat. Well... i can only dream of a goat.

cricketmum84 · 07/10/2018 10:52

@AngeloMysterioso

One click for yes, two for no 😂

cricketmum84 · 07/10/2018 10:49

Okaaaaaaay is it possible you are slightly over invested?

Also just picturing a dolphin making out it's all nice and friendly 😂😂

FlosCampi · 07/10/2018 10:47

Has anyone pointed out yet that dolphins used to be land animals? They only sidled off into the sea pretty recently!

cushioncovers · 07/10/2018 10:47

Dolores GrinGrin

UpstartCrow · 07/10/2018 10:46

Dont blame all dolphins for the actions of a few dolphins. #NODALT

Havaina · 07/10/2018 10:43

@MummySharkDoodoododoo

I've touched and swam with a wild dolphin, in the sea, in England. Seemed very friendly to me.

Maybe he thought you were a MILF?

lostlondoner · 07/10/2018 10:41

m.youtube.com/watch?v=SeIna1LZHQ4

Slide 4. You're welcome.

ThanosSavedMe · 07/10/2018 10:40

Totally off topic but I love Carl Hiassan books and the one with the dolphin was hilarious.

TroysMammy · 07/10/2018 10:37

I absolutely love pandas but an animal so lazy and uninterested in saving themselves they deserve to die out.

DolorestheNewt · 07/10/2018 10:35

At least killer whales have been labelled appropriately.

I read this and all I could think of was "30 degrees. Wash with similar colours. Do not bleach. Reshape while damp."

ChasedByBees · 07/10/2018 10:34

Hate to break it to you, but have you looked at what humans to do each other and other animal species?

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