Tag: cetacean

thelovelyseas:

“Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much … the wheel, New York, wars and so on … while 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 reason.” by Laura Storm

kohola-kai:

Near run-in between Common Dolphin and Pacific White-sides.
The White-sides were now riding for a few minutes prior- the Commons approaches but it almost seemed like the White-sides chased them away and then came back to bowride.

It’s always interesting to see how different species interact with each other.

rjzimmerman:

“Eye Spy” by photography Mark Seabury, from the Smithsonian Photo Contest. Photographer’s note: “This photograph captures a whale behaviour called ‘spy hopping’ where whales poke their head above the water to take a look around and see what is happening above the surface. Whales have extremely good vision and so I have always found this behaviour intriguing and I wonder what they are thinking when they are ‘people watching’ in this way. To me this is such a special moment where I can’t help but feel that on some level we are bridging the gap between land and sea.”