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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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Andtheresaw · 08/10/2018 10:08

NADALT Not All Dolphins Are Like That
after NAMALT, the whiney cry of the MRA misogynist.

UnleashTheBulsara · 08/10/2018 11:26

I'm in hearty agreement with EnthusiasmIsDisturbed and SecretWitch over rabbits. Nasty mardy little buggers, trying to disembowel each other with their big feet. They portray themselves as cute and fluffy, so you think they're just "a harmless wee bunny" like the guy said in The Holy Grail.

AND they eat their own poo.

Dolphins, though. They smile and they smile and smile. The horror.

RainbowsArePretty · 08/10/2018 11:57

Love this! I had also entirely forgotten the dinasaur thread Smile

Lweji · 08/10/2018 12:19

Rabbits - Anya had the measure of them (from Buffy)

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 08/10/2018 12:26

Russia has got it right. They have a specific prison for the clicky little bastards. And look at the list of crimes...

AIBU to be livid how dolphins are portrayed compared to how they are?
Lweji · 08/10/2018 12:32

Isn't that a bit, well, racist? Why isn't there a White Dolphin Prison? Or just Dolphin Prison?

Junkmail · 08/10/2018 12:53

It’s fairly easy to avoid dolphins so I’m not sure that this is going to become an issue for most people. I was aware of the aggressive nature of dolphins and have never trusted the fuckers. But they stay in the ocean and I stay (mostly) on land so we have formed an, albeit uneasy, truce.

I can understand why you’re livid OP—Disney have tricked us into believing that dolphins are our aquatic friends but I’ve found that if you maintain a healthy scepticism regarding their intent it’s easy to avoid being slain by one. I think as long as people do not become too involved in the dolphin community all will be well.

Heidimay · 08/10/2018 12:58

I was bitten by one at a sea life park when I was a kid so I've never liked them! Having said that, it was probably going crazy being kept in a swimming pool which is cruel

nervousFTM · 08/10/2018 13:10

This is the kind of internet gold I stumble across during those middle of the night breastfeeds. I applaud you @Otherwize 👏🏻

I did nearly laugh my baby off the boob though.

thurmanmerman · 08/10/2018 13:33

P.s cat dicks have barbs and tear the queens vagina.

OMG reading this at work and this has made me lose it completely

Havaina · 08/10/2018 13:36

@thurman erm, I'm not sure it was meant to be funny?!

WhirlyGigWhirlyGig · 08/10/2018 14:16

After a fairly shitty few weeks this has made me laugh.

I'm fuming that my dog can be an arsehole sometimes but because she's an animal I kind of accept it.

Who the hell fumes over animal behaviour? What are we to do, charge them with a human offence and send them in front of a judge?

The most bonkers post I've read in a long while 😂😂😂

deepwatersolo · 08/10/2018 14:38

#notalldolphins

Smurfybubbles · 08/10/2018 14:41

I've just looked up the chimp rapes frog video Confused

M3lon · 08/10/2018 15:03

I'm totally with the OP. Everyone is of course correct that to ascribe dolphins as gang rapists is anthropomorphising....but so is saying they are 'cute', 'grinning' or 'protective' on the positive side.

They are wild animals and we shouldn't be swimming with them, or doing anything else with them.

thurmanmerman · 08/10/2018 15:44

@havaina sorry Blush I just .. is "the queen" something to do with cats? I was just blindsided by the idea of HRH getting up to naughty business with a pet moggy!

Lweji · 08/10/2018 15:48

They are wild animals and we shouldn't be swimming with them, or doing anything else with them.

I blame the lack of multianimalism.

We should integrate better with wild animals and not keep them and ourselves in ghettos. But... if they want to go near our beaches, they should adopt our ways and... oh, wait they are adopting our ways...

Branleuse · 08/10/2018 15:50

Dolphins and Ducks are morally bankrupt. Ive always said it

Allergictoironing · 08/10/2018 15:57

@thurmanmerman "queen" is the technical term for a female domestic cat, and "tom" is the male cat. Like cows and bulls for cattle, or ewes & rams for sheep

thurmanmerman · 08/10/2018 16:11

Oh sorry! @Allergictoironing I had no idea. I assumed it was an autocorrect fail Blush

I don't know why I didn't know that - I knew it was tomcat for a male Blush

I agree not funny at all then, poor cat Sad

Allergictoironing · 08/10/2018 16:18

Understandable, and your version IS funny. Queen and tom are actually the un-neutered versions - I find terms such as "queen of my heart" and "over lady" (female overlord) to be more correct for my girl.

beeefcake · 08/10/2018 16:34

I love this post

thurmanmerman · 08/10/2018 17:22

Over lady Grin

Port1ajazz · 08/10/2018 17:33

Otherwise , how old are you ? Grow up for goodness sake , there are lots of what are considered cute creatures in the world , but they are just the way they are ! But I prefer them to humans !

babyno5 · 08/10/2018 17:42

Jeez OP I wish I’d k own this 2 months ago!! The danger my daughter was in 😂😂

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