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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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Aintnothingbutaheartache · 07/10/2018 00:20

It’s all image isn’t it? If you’re cute or good looking you can get away with shit loads. As pp said what about cats? They are beautiful but evil.
To quote the late great Sir Terry Pratchett
“If cats looked like frogs we’d realise what nasty cruel little bastards they are”

IStandWithPosie · 07/10/2018 00:20

This thread is much more interesting than the weird one over in Site Stuff where the OP is trying to convince people she was in the Army

MiniLeopardInTheHouse · 07/10/2018 00:23

I told you so:
Cats....are far more evil than dolphins Shock

(Probably true though.)

bananafish · 07/10/2018 00:23

sometimes i really love mumsnet - the opens a can of tuna comment is golden.

OP - how much wine is needed to start ranting about dolphins?

TubbyTubster · 07/10/2018 00:23

Lol time for bed OP

CheeseGirl4 · 07/10/2018 00:24

A friend of mine hates dolphins as their skin looks too tight GrinGrinGrin

Ginkypig · 07/10/2018 00:24

No animals are evil. Evil is a human emotion that can't be applied to animals following natural wild behaviours with no higher brain functioning and by that I mean the capacity to choose and anticipate consequences or feel guilt or responsibility like humans can.

Dolphins behaviours are not nice but they are no more nasty than over 99% of other species.

I'm not going to list hundreds of examples but I could.

Kpo58 · 07/10/2018 00:24

I thought that it was only Bottlenosed Dolphins and Orcas that were iffy.

PillowOfSociety · 07/10/2018 00:25

I do genuinely worry about dolphins. I think they might be infiltrating the Tories. And they can easily swim up the river and get into the Hoyses of Parliament, so it isn’t an empty threat.

IWantMyHatBack · 07/10/2018 00:25

But it actually happens, google it. But nobody expects dolphins would do a thing like that but they regularly do, it’s not funny

Well, I'm outraged

There, that'll sort it.

Talisin · 07/10/2018 00:25

This feels distinctly like a play on the Dinosaur thread

NoBirthdayHugs · 07/10/2018 00:25

m.youtube.com/watch?v=rnohhGCNLJs

HoneyDragon · 07/10/2018 00:26

What if a dolphins have a higher brain function and are faking the tests. We should get a couple on Jeremy Kyle. He’ll catch them out.

Josiebloggs · 07/10/2018 00:26

@CheeseGirl4
😂 that is the best reason ever

DialsMavis · 07/10/2018 00:28

I hate dolphins. They are so smug. Agree 100%

Tursiopstruncatus · 07/10/2018 00:28
Johnnyfinland · 07/10/2018 00:29

OP are you an otter or a seal pup?

MiniLeopardInTheHouse · 07/10/2018 00:29

Stop the innocent cat bashing! Angry

Go back to bashing evil dolphins and ducks!

MorningsEleven · 07/10/2018 00:30

Dolphins are sinister feckers because they mask the evil.

Cats are just plain evil. Horribly evil but also obviously evil so you know you can't trust them.

Orcas are like cats but fucked right up when it became apparent that they aren't whales. They're more like dolphins.

dinosaurkisses · 07/10/2018 00:31

This feels distinctly like a play on the Dinosaur thread

I’m feeling very attacked rn

IStandWithPosie · 07/10/2018 00:34

A friend of mine hates dolphins as their skin looks too tight

😂😂😂

Wtf??

PillowOfSociety · 07/10/2018 00:35

“This feels distinctly like a play on the Dinosaur thread”

I don’t think so! Apart from anything else dolphins are actually real. You only have to compare Flipper with Barney to see that.

MiniLeopardInTheHouse · 07/10/2018 00:36

Next thing we know, they'll be voting one in at the US Supreme Court...

And don't get me started on the possibility of President Flipper.

Gersemi · 07/10/2018 00:36

Loving the concept of dolphins conspiring together to take over the world. They're not doing too well so far, are they?

AnonaMouse1 · 07/10/2018 00:38

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