Superpod of thousands of dolphins in choppy waves, spanning 7miles wide.

[astr0144]

Not sure where I should post this, I was considering general discussion area but it seems to have disappeared. Please move to another suitable area if need be.

San Diego tourists treated to dolphin 'superpod' sighting

Superpod of dolphins astounds tourists

These choppy waves are actually thousands of mammals spanning seven miles wide.   


Think of it as the anti-Carnival Triumph experience.

Last week, a group of tourists on a boat off the coast of San Diego were treated to a sight both unusual and awesome—a "superpod" of dolphins.

Footage taken from the deck of the ship shows thousands of dolphins elegantly leaping above the waves. KFMB San Diego reports the superpod was estimated to be around seven miles wide and five miles long. Experts believe there were thousands of the marine mammals swimming and soaring together.

Why so many? Monica DeAngelis of the National Marine Fisheries Service spoke with KFMB about the spectacle. She believes the superpod had recently congregated on a "prey patch" of fish and squid. The dolphins, she explained, likely got word out through echolocation (biological sonar).

In other words, like an out-of-control high school party, one dolphin told a friend, who told a friend, who told a friend. Boom, next thing you know—superpod.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/san-diego-tourists-treated-dolphin-super-pod-sighting-163519590.html

[zorgon]

Yeah saw that go by on facebook the other day, forgot to post it.  That is really weird.

This one was recorded last year, but its effective (and being used for this years pod

[Quality]

that's amazing.
if only humans would stick together like that on their own initiative 

[rdunk]

Don't know about when you looked for "General Discussion", but it is there in the forum list, where it has always been when I have looked for it? 

I suspect that no one can know why the dolphins are doing what they are doing.

Yes, they do, as normal practice, work together in their feeding practices, but I have never seen any other description report of their doing such in the thousands.

Too bad we are not smart enough to get on their level and ask them!!  

[astr0144]

Thank for confirming that it was still there  Rdunk !

I had accidentally clicked on the minimise  ( + - ) button for that section..

Silly me ! 

Apologies...


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Don't know about when you looked for "General Discussion", but it is there in the forum list, where it has always been when I have looked for it? 

[rdunk]

Some won't think so much about this, but a few see this as "one of those once in a life-time events"

Here is one person's account of seeing dolphins in a superpod! (this is a a superpod occurrence  last year)

This isn't the first time we've seen a dolphin stampede with thousands of the marine mammals, but that doesn't make this latest footage of a rare, "super-pod" event any less epic.

Photographer Chase Jarvis from Seattle captured the event, which he describes on his blog as a "top 10 life moment" off the coast of South Africa. Jarvis writes on his blog that he and a colleague were sailing when the water appeared to "boil" with bait fish for about a mile — in all directions. He calls this a "ball of bait fish." Then they saw the dolphins.

Here's his account:

Only then did we realize we were experiencing the rare "superpod" of dolphins. Not dozens, not hundreds, but thousands of them — so thick you could have walked across their backs had they been game for it.

As they approached our boat and quickly surrounded us, our cameras were blazing...every camera, iPhone, point-and-shoot, DSLR, GoPros, every camera imaginable was firing off frames...until we realized that they were with us, and that the moment was actually too rare to shoot photos. After just a few minutes, we all put down our cameras, we stopped talking, and we simply took in the beauty with our eyes. In all of my days as a photographer, there have only been a handful where I've been witnessing / participating in an event like this and simply stopped shooting to take it in. This was one of those moments.

The statement ""until we realized they were with us", is very telling, relative to the humans' regard for what they were witnessing, doncha think??

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/10/01/photographer-captures-awe-inspiring-super-pod-of-thousands-of-dolphins/

[zorgon]

[zorgon]

"one of those once in a life-time events"

The statement ""until we realized they were with us", is very telling, relative to the humans' regard for what they were witnessing, doncha think??

Yes VERY TELLING... and what they are saying is;

"So Long and Thanks for all the Fish..."

[astr0144]

Or they may have been saying :-

"Something Fishy going on (or something  Smells fishy ) around here" ! 



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Yes VERY TELLING... and what they are saying is;

"So Long and Thanks for all the Fish..."

[zorgon]

Dolphins Call Each Other By Name

Bottlenose dolphins call out the specific names of loved ones when they become separated, a study finds.

Other than humans, the dolphins are the only animals known to do this, according to the study, published in the latest Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The big difference with bottlenose dolphins is that these communications consist of whistles, not words.

Earlier research found that bottlenose dolphins name themselves, with dolphins having a "signature whistle" that encodes other information. It would be somewhat like a human shouting, "Hey everybody! I'm an adult healthy male named George, and I mean you no harm!"

The new finding is that bottlenose dolphins also say the names of certain other dolphins.

"Animals produced copies when they were separated from a close associate and this supports our belief that dolphins copy another animal's signature whistle when they want to reunite with that specific individual," lead author Stephanie King of the University of St. Andrews Sea Mammal Research Unit told Discovery News.

King and her colleagues collected acoustic data from wild bottlenose dolphins around Sarasota Bay, Fla., from 1984 to 2009. The researchers also intensely studied four captive adult male dolphins housed at The Seas Aquarium, also in Florida.

The captive males are adults that keepers named Calvin, Khyber, Malabar and Ranier.

These bottlenose dolphins, however, as well as all of the wild ones, developed their own signature whistles that serve as names in interactions with other dolphins.

"A dolphin emits its signature whistle to broadcast its identity and announce its presence, allowing animals to identify one another over large distances and for animals to recognize one another and to join up with each other," King explained. "Dolphin whistles can be detected up to 20 km away (12.4 miles) depending on water depth and whistle frequency."

http://news.discovery.com/animals/whales-dolphins/dolphins-call-each-other-by-name-130219.htm

[zorgon]

Dolphins Help Save Dog from Drowning ~ On Marco Island, Florida a group of dolphins came to the aid of a lost Doberman that had fallen into a canal and couldn't get out. The dolphins made so much noise, it attracted the attention of people living nearby, who then rescued the dog. The Doberman was believed to have spent 15 hours in the canal water before he was pulled out by fire personnel and reunited with his owner.

One of the people whose attention was captured by the noisy, demonstrative dolphins said, "They were really putting up a ruckus, almost beaching themselves on the sandbar over there. If it wasn't for the dolphin, I would have never seen the dog." (Source: ABC7news) He said also if the dolphins hadn't persisted enough to get their attention, they dog would have died in the canal. The dog had fallen over the edge of a concrete wall down into the water far enough that it had no chance of getting back up by itself. The dog was exhausted from being in the cold water for hours, and most likely suffering from hypothermia.

Dolphins have been known to sometimes help stranded or injured people as well. In 2007, a pod of dolphins formed a ring around a surfer who was injured and bleeding after being bitten by a Great White shark. The surfer survived because they prevented further bites. No one knows exactly why dolphins have intervened in such emergency situations, and helped save the lives of other species. Suffice to say they are capable of empathy and heroic actions.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/feb/24/dolphins-save-tired-dog-stuck-canal-marco-island/

[stealthyaroura]

yeah nothing to do with the DOD and there submarine com's devices. 

hope not any way. 

[rdunk]

Since we are discussing dolphins, I believe that this video would be so appropriate for inclusion here. It is about the recent dolphin rescue in Hawaii by divers - a wild dolphin allows the divers to help free him from tangle with some type of fishing line and hook.

Wow, what we may not know about dolphins!

You may have already seen this, as over a couple of million others have.