Why are dolphins scary?

Ultimately, dolphins are seriously scary because they can seriously kill you. Nat Geo Wild describes a 1994 case in which two men in São Paulo, Brazil, were rammed by a dolphin. Sadly, one man passed away due to internal injuries sustained during the incident.
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Is a dolphin evil?

1) Dolphins are unspeakably evil

Dolphins are, as Business Insider's Jennifer Welsh put it in one of the greatest headlines of all time, "dangerous animals that could rape you and kill your baby." That's a little unfair; the evidence that dolphins have tried to rape humans is not very compelling.
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Can dolphins be dangerous?

Despite what dolphinaria may have you believe, dolphins are apex ocean predators, capable of even killing sharks, and should be treated as such. Dolphins can be aggressive to people, other dolphins, or even self-harm. While the majority of dolphins in the U.S. are bred in captivity, they are not domesticated animals.
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Do dolphins kill for fun?

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Dolphins have been known to kill porpoises by beating them to death. Dolphins also kill other dolphins for the fun of it and have been known to play with the dead dolphin's body. This category of animals that kill for fun also includes Orcas, the largest species in the dolphin family.
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Do dolphins kill their babies for fun?

They try to rape and drown people; they gang rape their females and sometimes hold them hostage for weeks; they murder baby porpoises for fun; they kill the babies of rival male dolphins, because as soon as her child dies, a female dolphin is ready to be raped and impregnated immediately.
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Why The World Should Fear Dolphins not Sharks



Why are sharks scared of dolphins?

As sharks are mostly solitary hunters and quite slow, they end up being no match in the face of a pod of dolphins. Groups of dolphins are so scary that sharks have been known to stay away from the parts of the ocean where dolphins are known to live, swimming away to safer water!
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Do dolphins try to hump you?

The dolphin above got ultra friendly with a tourist at a spot in Varadero, Cuba – which, btw, dolphins humping humans seems to be a popular attraction in Varadero (check this). If that didn't make you laugh, try the video below. Even the most crusty among us has to admit that dolphins humping humans is just funny.
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Are dolphins friendly?

Dolphins have a reputation for being friendly, but they are actually wild animals who should be treated with caution and respect. Interactions with people change dolphin behavior for the worse. They lose their natural wariness, which makes them easy targets for vandalism and shark attack.
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Are dolphins nasty?

5. Dolphins kill their own babies. Males are known to kill off babies. In one study, 5 juvenile bottlenose dolphins had fatal injuries consistent with a bottlenose dolphin attack.
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Are dolphins jerks?

Without a doubt, dolphins are jerks. Male bottlenose dolphins will sometimes team up to target a single female and harass her persistently, forcing her to mate with them despite her attempts to escape. And delphine sexual aggression isn't limited to members of their own kind.
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Is it safe to swim with dolphins?

Safety concerns

They may become submissive or sexually aggressive when interacting with humans. Dolphins in SWTD programs have demonstrated agitated and aggressive behavior under the stressful conditions of forced interaction. These behaviors may result in serious physical injury to swimmers.
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Do dolphins protect humans from sharks?

The ancient Greeks told stories of dolphins protecting sailors, and it even happened on an episode of Flipper. It isn't surprising that people are fascinated by this idea. Unfortunately, there just isn't any reliable evidence that it's true.
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How many humans have dolphins killed?

People often wonder "do wild dolphins attack humans?" and while fatal dolphin attacks on humans are extremely rare, there is one reported instance that occurred in 1994 in São Paulo, Brazil. It is documented that internal injuries lead to the death of a man after being rammed by a dolphin.
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Do dolphins like humans?

In several surprising instances, dolphins have also shown loving emotions towards humans. The most fascinating of these examples is that of Margaret Howe and the bottlenose dolphin Peter.
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Do dolphins have STDS?

Atlantic bottlenose dolphins can get genital warts, baboons suffer from herpes and syphilis is common in rabbits. And not only do animals and humans have STIs, but some of these diseases might share a common history explains Alonso Aguire, a vet and president for conservation medicine at the US Wildlife Trust.
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Are otters murderous?

Otters are not necrophiliacs. They are not "fur monsters," they are not "disease-ridden" and they are not "murderous." They do not exhibit "treachery that knows no bounds." How do we know all of this? Because otters aren't human.
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Can dolphins bite humans?

Dolphins make look friendly, but they are hunters who will bite down when either attacking prey or feeling threatened. A bottlenose dolphin has between 80 to 100 teeth which they use to grip on to their prey, and they have been known to bite humans.
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Why can't pregnant ladies swim with dolphins?

The waves that the dolphins emit are a sort of music waves for the baby as the waves are emitted when the dolphin is touching the belly of the women meaning that they have to be very close to the baby to perform the dolphin therapy.
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Are dolphins bullies?

They're also just huge bullies. Most of the time, when you think of stories of dolphins teaming up to save humans from sharks, they seem just great. Family from under the sea, right? But maybe dolphins aren't doing that to help their fellow mammal; maybe they just like picking on things.
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Why do dolphins save humans?

Some scientists believe that dolphins instinctively come to the assistance of other injured dolphins and that it's a small step for them to help humans too. However dolphins obviously realise that humans aren't dolphins. Some scientists think dolphins help humans merely because they are curious.
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Can dolphins help with birth?

According to its website, "pioneering" Russian midwife Igor Tscharkofsy began assisting births in the Black Sea with dolphins that lived there: "Some of the reported occurrences include a mother and a baby playing with the dolphins within 45 minutes of the birth, another instance of a free dolphin escorting a newborn ...
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Do dolphins have nipples?

Whales and dolphins do not have external nipples, instead their nipples are enclosed within mammary slits. Upon stimulation of the calves nudging, the nipple is exposed and the calf positions itself such that the nipple is at the gape of the calf's jaw for feeding.
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Do dolphins warn humans of sharks?

It's a common piece of surfing wisdom that where dolphins swim, there are never sharks. But for ocean-goers who take comfort in a pod of dolphins swimming by, shark experts have bad news. "This is a myth," Andrew Nosal, a shark expert at the University of San Diego, told Live Science in an email.
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Can sharks smell your period?

A shark's sense of smell is powerful – it allows them to find prey from hundreds of yards away. Menstrual blood in the water could be detected by a shark, just like any urine or other bodily fluids. However, there is no positive evidence that menstruation is a factor in shark attacks.
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