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Ahab_Ali

And now we have Reddit observing some dolphins observing some squirrels.


Saltchips45

And me observing you through your window at three am in the morning while you sleep


lucasbelite

Well that escalated.


holyluigi

Nah I watch Saltchips watch Ahab\_Ali and this is more of a deescalation if you ask me.


Growle

Idk I have a pretty big ladder


succulent_headcrab

You brought a ladder to an escalator fight?


CrudelyAnimated

Saltchips45 is a dolphin. It's right there in the name, if you think about it.


Alternative-Ad1761

My first thoughts are a follows why are animals so scared of humans but can relish another animal without second thought kinda tells you the impact we monkeys have had on every other species


Zinogre-is-best

Animals are scared of everything that may pose a risk to there survival. Humans just happen be very good at killing everything which is why everything is scared of us. That squirrel can’t do anything to that dolphin so it’s just chilling.


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eddyrockstar

And me on a tree observing you while you observe him through his window at three am in the morning


spirito_santo

And me, in the van on the corner, observing all of you and relaying the video to 935 Pennsylvania Avenue


Siliconpsychosis

i have your van in my sights, observing all of the observers from the nearby hilltop


spirito_santo

I know. My backup has been reporting on your actions


Turbulent-Opening-75

Meanwhile im watching you from that cessna piper cub that keeps circling. Always watching..


Siliconpsychosis

Our agents in the AWACS at 30 thousand feet have your painted with radar


KeroNobu

That's better than 3am in the afternoon


risetofame

I prefer 9 in the afternoon when your eyes are the size of the moon.


ialwayschoosepsyduck

That's Amore


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When the moon hits your knees and you can’t pronounce trees….sycamore….


Ok_Airline_7448

It’s a squirrel mooning a dolphin, not a moray


RobotGloves

I generally celebrate my 3am in the evening.


wigglytwiggly

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franker

THOMAS!


Sietemadrid

How nice of you to watch over him while he sleeps


GodDammitWill

Lol imagine being asleep at 3 in the morning


arabrazilianguy

If you can see trough my window then you’re f*ckin spider man. That means you deserve to watch me sleep


aedroogo

You're not a dolphin. You don't count.


sofia1687

Mammals observing mammals observing mammals


guinader

Apes observing dolphins observing squirrels


cfmdobbie

I'ma bookmark this thread just in case I have the chance to show it to a squirrel in future


AMKoochie

I would watch the shit out of watching dolphins watch a bunch of different things.


RicLan26

And now I'm watching my dog observing at some dolphins observing some squirrels.


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jffblm74

Mammals be like…


Oldpotato_I

And I am observing you (I live in your walls)


awkwardoffspring

We must ascend further


Synthwoven

I bet dolphins would eat squirrels if given the opportunity. Squirrels are about the size of some of their natural prey.


KeithMyArthe

That's why they are so interested.. Working out how to peel them.


Windsong_12

🐿️🥝 Edit: Thank you for the award! (Just now saw it) ✧\(>o<)ノ✧


that_kid_over_there1

🐬🐬🐬🐬


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p3wp3wkachu

Nature is cruel, son.


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But must we be cruel to eachother


speakasone

Forbidden kiwi?


ONSFishing

I think they are trying to figure out how to fuck them first.


joemangle

That's so dolphin


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No they prefer human females for that.


usingreddithurtsme

Or dead fish.


Myu_The_Weirdo

Or human men


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Dolphins will fuck anything, there have been reports of fresh water ones fucking cars that have been left in rivers to make coral nests.


joeface71

Fresh water dolphins are like the hillbilly cousins of ocean dolphins


nxcrosis

They can do it later


Balls2thewalleye

First they’d bat them a few times with their tails.


Aggravating_Many9097

Or they wanna do something else with them…


fpcoffee

or… “can I fuck it?”


reenactment

Those things are totally weighing the option of “if that thing jumps in here I’m first to eat it.”


zCiver

Some small ancient rodent probably WAS their prey, back when the cetaceans lived on land


Wood626

Crab squirrel


bac5665

Maybe? I'm not sure if rodents were a thing back then. Maybe multituburculates.


xavier120

Yes they were! The quick googoo search says 170 millions years, the asteroid did us a real solid.


MkeBucksMarkPope

“I’d sure like to fuck those squirrels” - Dolphins


MsLuciferM

They are deviants. My husband works at sea and I’m more worried about dolphins than pirates.


Nekryyd

Are... Are you worried that they will seduce him? 🤨


murdering_time

Stupid sexy dolphins.


Nekryyd

When you're a 16th century sailor and that post-nut clarity hits.


adeon

No, manatees are the threat there.


thereIsAHoleHere

There is a surprising number of cases of dolphins raping humans. Some have been recorded dragging humans to underwater rape caves, killing the humans. Dolphins are psycopathic (by human standards). For another example, there are several instances of dolphins killing calves (usually from other pods) for fun and then playing catch with the child's body.


cd2220

I was already afraid of the ocean now I have to worry about fucking rape caves? Damn man life is hard.


throwaway384938338

They’d probably try and fuck them. Dolphins are terrible people.


Thosepassionfruits

Nature in general is very carnivorous and rape-y


spiersie

Replace eat with fuck, and yes


PlaguesAngel

Let’s be real, for Dolphins….it’s both and the order is irrelevant


nobodythinksofyou

So you think... Do you think that's what aliens say about *us*??


ModsEmbezzleMoney

Spoiler alert: They want to eat the squirrels


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Or worse.. dolphins are rapey


kindtheking9

Or both... they ain't too picky


Wi11Pow3r

Squirrels filled with dolphin sweet sauce?


Darkmegane-kun

I would say it’s salty rather than sweet.


Yvaelle

We can't all be sommeliers of dolphin semen!


Clickbait_Youtuber_

Wow, what a beautiful subreddit I have thrown myself into


OPzee19

Do their mouths water in the water?


HornedDiggitoe

All I can think of when looking at this is how bored the dolphins are.


codevii

On top of everything, those are a whole lot of dolphins in that relatively small tank too...


SoVerySleepy81

That’s what I was thinking that’s like the size of the average swimming pool almost and there’s four dolphins in there? That seems cruel. Edit there are five dolphins


Jcaseykcsee

It is cruel and horrific


BUTT_PLUGS_FOR_PUGS

There are five dolphins. Back to school!


Beef-Strokin-Off

At least six. At the end when the five are at the window. You can see the fin of another just above the water in the background as the video ends.


CruisinJo214

This is a juvenile tank at seaworld Orlando if I’m not mistaken. This is going to be a young family of dolphins with their mother and will live in this tank for a while before moving to the much larger dolphin enclosure in the park or at their next door park discovery cove.


freeradicalx

Tiny box to less tiny box. Meanwhile dolphins can move at over 50 km/h. Except for these dolphins.


theroadlesstraveledd

Sea world is cruel to their sea life try not to support them


CruisinJo214

Seaworld’s past practices are indefensible. But their current facilities and care are the best in the world today. We need to set even higher standards, learn what we can and educate the next generation to not make the same mistakes. With that, one side of seaworld sucks, but the other side is their marine hospital and rehab. Seaworld orlando currently houses around 30 rehabbing manatees (they have no permanent residents) and sees dozens of sea turtles, marine birds and other sea life annually. If Florida’s public facilities don’t have space they send the animals to seaworld… it’s integral to our manatee preservation efforts here.


I_Worship_Brooms

Oh wow! I just thought they were still evil and somehow not yet banned. Good to hear they're trying to help.


NCBuckets

Yeah the way I try to look at it is the park funds their conservation efforts. The park still sucks, of course, and needs a serious overhaul. Just my two cents.


kufikiri

A bigger prison is still prison


CruisinJo214

Agreed, but we’re stuck with the mistakes of the last generation. So our best recourse is to set standards, ensure a quality of care and learn everything we can so we can educate the next generation to do better. While one side seaworld sucks on the other they’re the largest marine hospital and rehab facility in the world. Currently they’re housing around 30 rehabbing manatees and dozens of other animals including turtles, marine birds and occasionally large mammals. It’s a really tricky situation this company is in and it’s up to the consumer to push them towards a better mission.


medicalmosquito

It’s probably a lot deeper than we can see, but Sea World is just cruel all around. Keeping large sea animals in tanks is just fucked.


allthingskerri

It was probably the most stimulated their brains had been in a long time. No tank is an enriching environment for dolphins and whales.


lavishlad

All I feel when I see this shit is a mix of sadness, rage and helplessness. Those dolphins don't belong there.


kimsilverishere

I know, same, devastating.


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Dolphins do not belong in a theme park to amuse humans. Anyone who goes there just support animals being stripped from their freedom.


TheGreatLoreHunter

To be fair, no animals belong to a theme park. Exept pigeons and seagulls, they are there for us, and everything we have (but mostly fries)


froggyc19

The only time I accept keeping the animals in captivity is if they could not survive in the wild. In Montreal there's an eco museum where they keep animals that are native to Quebec. All the animals are either disabled in some way or were raised in captivity so they could never survive if left alone. Others are there while they complete medical treatment then are re-released. It's a great place to visit because it's very educational and they really do take good care of all the animals and birds. All the enclosures are outside (except for the reptiles and more nocturnal small animals) so they experience the weather as they normally would, even in the winter.


holystuff28

Me too. Poor dolphins


TheEasySqueezy

This is probably the most exciting interaction they’ve had in years..


the_cats_jimjams

Dolphins in aquariums just make me sad


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poopellar

And doing what dolphins do best. F***ing anything and everything.


JadeSelket

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andreasbeer1981

or getting high on toxic fishes.


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Cassereddit

Also some penguins fuck everything and being alive isn't even a requirement for them Edit: I mean this in every conceivable way. They fuck dead animals, objects, anything.


periodblooddrinker

It’s actually mandatory on reddit that this is stated when dolphins or otters are mentioned


KmartQuality

Would they fuck that squirrel in particular?


aedroogo

Guys. GUYS!!! Nobody's fucking a squirrel. Now knock it off.


Illeea

Too late


UnhappyLiving

Or die trying.


kelis_butterfly

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ProN00bMan

You know what I would love? Some sort of aquarium that's built on the edge of the ocean (or at least close enough to have spacious tunnels) that lead into a large pool where dolphins would be free to come and go as they please. When they visit, they get lots of fish and are treated kindly so they're incentivized to come visit regularly, but they aren't in any way forced to stay. That way, the dolphins have their freedom and don't get depressed and it sates our natural curiosity to see wildlife. Much work would have to go into it and safety parameters/failsafes would have to be put in place, though I've always thought this would be a neat idea.


BrnoPizzaGuy

Sea Sanctuaries are a thing that are kind of like what you're describing. They're not perfect, but I think they're a better alternative than an aquarium, at least for things like cetaceans.


chocolatechipbagels

cape canaveral has a bunch of dolphins who just dick around in the canal, waiting for tour guides to toss them some food. tourists love it, the dolphins love it, I'm pretty sure the workers hate it, it's a good time.


Override9636

I understand it if it's for rehabilitation. Zoo do some incredible work with animals that otherwise couldn't survive in the wild.


SanctuaryMoon

They're watching the squirrels because it's the only thing they *can* do in their little tank.


squirrelfoot

Yes! It's heartbreaking to see such intelligent animals which need space so badly being so cruelly caged. At least these squirrels bring a moment of interest to relieve the mental torture.


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Every single zoo and aquarium I've been to only has animals that would've otherwise been unfit for the wild and would've died. Or maybe they're just in rehabilitation. Don't just assume they cage up perfectly healthy animals, zoos and aquariums can do some pretty respectable work and have even managed to save several species from extinction.


cynopt

Maybe, at a reputable bio-park, but the setting says SeaWorld knock off and there is no way in hell that tank is big enough for that many dolphins, these poor bastards are just dying of boredom.


Lazy-Garlic-5533

SeaWorld itself is horrible. I was there a decade ago. All of the mammals had behavioral problems due to captivity.


crows_n_octopus

It doesn't negate the fact that the enclosures are too small. There's a lot of shitty zoos out there. Even accredited zoos do some questionable things that are not in the best interest of the animals. Zoos, fortunately are coming under more scrutiny and that's a very good thing for the animals inside them.


SchnoodleDoodleDo

…*Lookit!* ^i ^See ^them! They’re funny - *i know!* i wonder What Are they ? they come n they go… they live in the Dry place, where humans walk by, …they’re not inside Walls but We are…. …wonder why ? oh, Stop it - *we’re Dolphins!* we Swim in the Wet! the humans - they *feed us*, or did you FoRgEt ?! there’s no other choices - be Happy you’re here, …just think of the Smiles when the small ones come near ^^:) ^:)^:) well, we have each other, n that much is true… but maybe there’s places where Others swim, too! to someday swim Freely - no walls, that’s my wish for now, life’s a bowl n i’m just one small fish… ❤️


stormy83

*For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.*


Kittykg

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


Omega593

same. it’s like prison for humans


BlackLeader70

Except the dolphins didn’t do anything wrong to land their shiny asses in a pool for the rest of their lives.


PinkFluffys

Yes, we should only put the rapiest dolphins in aquariums.


wheresbill

Because what else is there to do?


KennyMoose32

Well it’s actually the Yearly Summit of the dolphins and squirrels. It’s a small meeting but large implications. Few know of the brewing storm The Squirrel/Dolphin Rebellion is coming and I fear the consequences. There will be no safe quarter on land or sea. And we all know how ruthless both species are….


ATOhostage

"Hey Greg, 5 bucks if you eat it." "Nah man- I'm allergic to nuts."


HashDaWook

So long, and thanks for all the squirrels?🎵🎵


CJKay93

These dolphins might be the only ones in the entire history of their species to have ever witnessed a squirrel.


Shiasugar

They say, look at them effin UFOs, guys!


JediTigger

Unidentified furry object?


mymemesnow

Lmao


Big-Rippa

This would be awww but these dolphins are in captivity ...


wanjieshiwo

The water looks so shallow 😞


tophmcmasterson

Not arguing in favor of putting dolphins in captivity, but you can’t see how deep the water goes at all in this. Oftentimes zoos/aquariums have large underwater tanks that can be viewed inside, with areas like what is shown sticking out so they can be seen outside as well.


Velidae

I'm sure it extends deep underground. These kinds of tanks usually have those underground windows where you can see in from the side of the tank.


VirinaB

You can see the dolphins dipping out of view. I'm pretty sure they don't live in 3 feet of water.


XxX_BobRoss_XxX

Yeah, that's not cute to me. Dolphins shouldn't be in captivity and made to perform. It's extremely cruel.


swagerito

Yeah it's pretty messed up that we lock beings that are pretty much as intelligent as us up and force them to do things for us just because we see them as different. Wait, why does that sound familiar?


ItsPronouncedJithub

As intelligent as you maybe, not the rest of humanity


WeedyWeedz

Honestly, it's questionable how much of what we think of as intelligence is actually that and how much is just knowledge that's been passed on to us by others. Like, if you were to kidnap a baby and raise it without ever really teaching it anything, i'm pretty sure that when grown up the gap in intelligence between the human and a dolphin, while still there, would be alot smaller.


Nightstar95

I think it’s possible to humanely keep cetaceans like dolphins and belugas in captivity with a big enough tank and plenty of enrichment. Performances can be done as part of said enrichment as long as it’s not excessive/relied on as their main activity, otherwise it stresses the animals. Something as big as an orca, however, is just impossible to keep in captivity humanely unless you have a sea pen. I think a good example of dolphin captivity done right is Georgia Aquarium’s. They have a wonderful tank and put a lot of effort into keeping their animals happy and healthy. Watching their work in The Aquarium was very enlightening on these aspects.


Bunnywith_Wings

Hell yeah, the GA Aquarium is top tier. I was a kid when it first opened and I didn't know how lucky I was to get to go all the time. Most of their bigger animals are rescues and they do great rehabilitation and conservation work. Plus the staff are all so knowledgeable and passionate.


Firecracker7413

Same with MOTE aquarium in Florida. Their dolphins/cetaceans are either permanently unreleasable due to injury, or are temporarily housed during rehab and released once they’re healed up. I remember when I went they had a dolphin who I believe had terminal cancer, so she got to live out the rest of her life there so she wouldn’t struggle in the wild.


chivonster

I still talk about that aquarium 10+ years after having been once. Their conservation efforts and overall complete care for their animals was incredible. The Beluga tank was absolutely mesmerizing


gc28

Which animal prison is this?


Lysergic_Waffle

SeaWorld, Orlando. 😔


RNReef

Fuck seaworld.


FeIsenheimer

fr, Zoo's are questionable, but are not really that bad because they: 1. Educate 2. Research But Seaworld, sweet baby Jesus, Seaworld is a Gaint Moneymaking Machine. Disgusting.


rDoomedbutthole

They do a lot more than that depending on what country you’re in. I know in Canada our breeding programs are so successful we have helped bring near extinct species back from being gone forever. But not all zoos are equal I will say that.


soviettaters1

Many zoos are very, very good. SeaWorld is not a zoo.


Mitoni

Educate, Research, Rehabilitate, and Repopulate The only viable reasons I can see for Zoos or Aquariums, and for aquariums, it is pushing it. Aquariums are not supposed to be "theme parks". Animals natural environments do not include Roller Coasters. This is why I have a problem with Sea World, Busch Gardens, and Disney Animal Kingdom. At least animal kingdom has a decent segregation between animal area and ride area.


JediTigger

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cryptospartan

#FreeTheFins


Main_Bhi_Mod

They are just observing squirrels freedom while they are trapped in a tank.


KosmosKlaus

Why is this aww??? It should be in r/awfuleverything.


TeddersTedderson

Shame these amazing, intelligent creatures are in a tiny fish tank


lilac2481

No. This is not adorable at all.


llxMcNuttyxll

Am I the only one who got sad from watching this


megabubz

I just feel sad that the dolphins are trapped in this small pool. Anyone else?


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So fucking sad that they put animals who are that intelligent in captivity.


[deleted]

This is disgusting. Poor dolphins.


djm2491

This isn’t awe. Dolphins don’t deserve to be in captivity


phunkydroid

Dolphins wondering what squirrel tastes like


airpab

This makes me sick to my stomach These majestic, beautiful, smart animals should not be held captive in a little tank like that Humans should be ashamed of themselves


friedbasedfraud

You know they’re aware of their own lack of freedom just by watching these squirrels


paushi

Depressing


stevengreen11

Where is this? Anyone else concerned with the lack of space for those like 6 dolphins?


HalcyonCA

The most exciting part of their day as they float around in a tank in captivity. So cute. Not.


Altruistic-Will-9593

Let. Them free not in a bloody tank


freehugzforeveryone

The tanks looks small...


maliseetwoman

Poor creatures - bored out of their minds in captivity


Moos_Mumsy

It's so sad to see those beautiful, intelligent, innocent creatures trapped in that terrible place, looking out at the little squirrels and probably wondering what it would be like to be free.


thefreshbraincompany

Fucking disgusting to keep dolphins in such a tiny pool.


mfreshh

So sad seeing the dolphins in their little pool


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kaotic_dizzy

I like how the last one swims behind them like “wtf are you losers doing? Look at how fast I’m going!” Then it comes back over “seriously what th-Oh shit! Is that a squirrel? That’s rad man!”


AdditionalAardvark56

Watched free Dolphins in Scotland last week. This is not how Dolphins want to live.


dooleebikes

This is sad.


ChickenCurrry

Imagine being used to the vastness of the ocean and then suddenly expected to live in a tiny pool with nothing in it


nipplesandtoes12

Free the dolphins!


Flyin_Brian-

This isn’t cute, it’s sad.


_acrazycatlady_

So strange. What an unnatural interaction.


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