Dolphin Rings

[theloadroom]

Received this today and makes you curious as to what else we have yet to witness on this blue marvel we live on.

 

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[G.I.B.]

Hummm..... didn't see anything that you may be referring too... so here is a dolphin picture.

 

[theloadroom]

How about now?

 

[G.I.B.]

Yep, now it's there, and that is really neat.

Dolphins will play with anything in the water, a leaf, a stick, human garbage... failing that, they play with bubbles.

Such intelligent creatures. Thanks for the link.

 

[katper]

That is a incredible picture of the dolphins in the wave. Love it!!!
Katper

 

[trikikiwi]

Thanks for that tlroom.
I LOVE Dolphins, et al. I've had the privelege of swimming with them and otherwise meeting many of them.

A friend mailed that movie to me recently. The rings aren't Air Rings as such. The Dolphin sets up a ring of vortex in the water and blows some air into it, which makes it visible. Look how the rings behave - air bubble rings would just rise to the surface.
Watch the dolphins' head when they first form the ring, there's a distinct 'nod'. Then a puff of air from their blowhole. I wonder if sonar is also involved?
How they can break off the smaller vortex is equally astonishing.
Mike

 

[greydigger]

Beautiful !
I bet our finned friends are sad at what homosapiens are doing to the oceans.

 

[nhbenz]

Fascinating! Not just the wonderful creatures, but 1/3 of the way through that video I think New Hampshire can see where "The Old Man of the Mountain" went.

 

[theloadroom]

but 1/3 of the way through that video I think New Hampshire can see where "The Old Man of the Mountain" went.

Good eyes!