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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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topcat2014 · 07/10/2018 07:20

I am with you, OP,

ditto seals - did you sea the seal that plucked a child off a bridge?

Now, at least with Killer Whales you know what you are getting.

I actually think Killer Whales are ace - but even so..

Oysterbabe · 07/10/2018 07:29

Do you know what I hate? Squirrels. They're rats with better PR.

sakura06 · 07/10/2018 07:29

There's a Carl Hiaasen novel set in an aquarium with a sub-plot about a dolphin. Highly disturbing. OP is correct about a lot of dolphin behaviour. I think we'd do well not to sentimentalise wild animals.

Gaspodethetalkingdog · 07/10/2018 07:31

And humans are so wonderful to each other and the rest of the animal kingdom?

TeaAndNoSympathy · 07/10/2018 07:37

What about porpoises? Are they ok?

Spongeface · 07/10/2018 07:40

Totally agree with OP.
Never understand why people are pleased to be going swimming with dolphins!

Hassled · 07/10/2018 07:43

Hang on a minute - - no way that wasn't real. That dolphin saved lives every single week. If you're telling me dolphins are evil bastards why did Flipper care so much about Sandy and Bud?

Awks · 07/10/2018 07:44

Please put this in classics

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 07/10/2018 07:49

Didn't someone get into trouble for trying to interfere with the dolphin that lived in Amble harbour?

Dolphins look smug. Sneaky bastards 🐬

gaggiagirl · 07/10/2018 07:55

Eeeee my mam and dad live near amble harbour! I'll ask them about the local gossip.

nunnthewiser · 07/10/2018 07:58

Bottlenosed tossers.

LuluBellaBlue · 07/10/2018 07:58

Best thread I’ve ever read.

donquixotedelamancha · 07/10/2018 08:00

The rape aspect has been reported which is why I wouldn't swim with them as I've heard the reason they interact so well with people as our skeletons are very similar to theirs which worries me

NADALT

GlittercheeksOakleaf · 07/10/2018 08:00

Yanbu OP. I've always thought I was alone in seeing through the cute, friendly act and knowing they were evil so am pleased to know I'm not. Everyone IRL thinks I'm mad.

DisrespectfulAdultFemale · 07/10/2018 08:01

Did a dolphin piss on your chips this morning?

IfyouseeRitaMoreno · 07/10/2018 08:01

Humans are way worse.

HerRoyalFattyness · 07/10/2018 08:03

Ok, now im more awake... This must be what i read (and misremembered)
They don't have 2 vaginas... they just have extra passage ways to send the male ducks down so they hit a dead end.

Not a clue where the threesome shit came from. Im actually quite worried now aboyt what my mind comes up with at stupid times Confused

Biancadelriosback · 07/10/2018 08:03

.... I .... But ..... Just .........

BabySharkDooDooDooDoo · 07/10/2018 08:04

Thanks for posting this, reading this on a cold sunday morning im crying with laughter 😂😂😂

RealGhouls · 07/10/2018 08:06

The dirty, dolphin-fucking, bastard

www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/i-sex-dolly-dolphin-year-long-5084025

NicoAndTheNiners · 07/10/2018 08:09

I knew about the gang rape thing.

But what about the nice dolphins who have saved the lives of swimmers, etc?

They even fight off sharks to save surfers!

www.today.com/news/dolphins-save-surfer-becoming-sharks-bait-2D80555123

MissusGeneHunt · 07/10/2018 08:09

LTB
😂😂

NicoAndTheNiners · 07/10/2018 08:10

But then this dolphin is trying to rape humans

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/27/swimming-banned-french-beach-sexually-frustrated-dolphin-named/

Lweji · 07/10/2018 08:11

But nobody expects dolphins
Or the Spanish Inquisition, and yet, here we are.

But what about killer whales? FFS, it's not even as they're trying to hide it. They're the Trump of the marine world.

You must be a jealous shark, OP. Don't worry, humans still kill dolphins just to get at tuna.

Lweji · 07/10/2018 08:13

They even fight off sharks to save surfers!
Because they expect a shag at the end. Wink