Cute Dolphins Can Also Be Wanton Killers

1. col mcgillveray
   February 5th, 2008 at 6:58 am

   This behavior has been noted in the Moray Firth in Scotland for some time.More proof that dolphins are evil!
   Did you know that they only "smile" when humans are watching.The moment our backs are turned they return to their usual malevolent snarl!!

2. Worrymon
   February 5th, 2008 at 9:31 am

   I for one will welcome our new finned overlords!

3. NiteWhite
   February 5th, 2008 at 10:20 am

   I used to date a dolphin and she was a real two-faced bitch. It doesn't surprise me that this anti-porpoise behavior goes on.

4. Justin
   February 5th, 2008 at 10:24 am

   What hope is there for us if we cannot stop this genocide of the Sea?!

5. Eugenio Martínez
   February 5th, 2008 at 11:03 am

   I read time ago that group of male Dolphins sometimes rape female dolphins.

6. just a guy
   February 5th, 2008 at 11:09 am

   Well, this is certianly an argument *for* the "dolphins are just like people" camp!

7. Namowal
   February 5th, 2008 at 11:46 am

   I drew a cartoon about dolphin hooliganism awhile back:
   <img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_okbACopjNRE/RhAhWph5OFI/AAAAAAAAANY/Mk_uG yLbGsE/s400/meandolphins.jpg"
   Not that I endorse it...

8. Namowal
   February 5th, 2008 at 11:56 am

   Let me try to embed that again (Neatorama crew: feel free to ax the bad link in the former comment- or in this comment if it doesn't work.)

9. Tempscire
   February 5th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

   Hm. I would've considered that very old news.

10. sickb*stard
    February 5th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    I know, I know, "Simpsons Did It", but...maybe they are just using those porpoises as training for the day they attack...us.

11. Ali S.
    February 5th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    @Namowal

    Hi there. You link doesn't seem to be working due to it's format. Well, I think it would probably work better if you try hosting it on a temporary server such as Imageshack.us. That way you won't have to worry about embedding it since that won't work.

12. su.wei
    February 5th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    i watched a show about this on Animal Planet (<3) it's silly but at first i thought maybe there was a rogue psycho dolphin out killing...haha

13. cybele
    February 5th, 2008 at 5:10 pm

    I seriously doubt any true marine expert said "that these displays of attacks on non-rival, non-predatory, peace-loving porpoises and, more shockingly, of dolphin infanticide, may have always taken place."

    Peace-loving porpoises? Give me a break. It's the ocean, these are animals. Top level predators. We'll understand them better when we stop looking at projecting human ideals on them.

14. hiller
    February 5th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    "Humans, long considered the world’s most intelligent, sensitive and sociable creatures, have a secret: they can also be anything killers:"

15. VonSkippy
    February 5th, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    But do they have lasers?

16. Humm
    February 6th, 2008 at 1:15 am

    DUH.

    So stick that dolphin up your arse, Hayden Panettiere you Froggy-Yank, you.

17. Bri
    February 6th, 2008 at 1:18 am

    Just think of them as Dogs of the ocean. May be they can be domesticated if they're trained, but left in the wild, they'll go do their thang.

18. Adis
    February 6th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    So long, and thanks for all the fish...

19. Christophe
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:06 am

    Mmmm... Dolphin wontons....

20. Jesse Wonder Clark
    February 12th, 2008 at 3:31 am

    Hmmmm... I have to wonder about this. Recently the New York Times Sunday Magazine had a piece on how elephants are going insane. There was even an incident where a group of young elephants raped and murdered a rhinoceros. People studying this have concluded that the elephants are becoming psychotic as a result of drastic loss of social structure; it takes like 30 elephants to properly raise an elephant child.

    So I wonder if this really has "always" happened among dolphins, or if it's also a recent development in reaction to their dwindling numbers.

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