Comments | wtf_nature: Hydroplaning Dolphins

firebird_88 in wtf_nature

Hydroplaning Dolphins

Mar 04, 2009 17:42

I've never seen this before until I finally got to catch up on the last few episodes of Planet Earth the other day. This is a learned technique that only a few dolphins out of the group being filmed have mastered, but it still looks so ridiculously FUN.

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dolphins, dolphin, cetacean

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warlockuk March 4 2009, 23:30:54 UTC

Is that the proper Planet Earth or the weird American one with Sigourney Weaver (I think) narrating?

firebird_88 March 4 2009, 23:36:13 UTC

The proper one. :D (There's an American one? O_o News to me!)

blueberryeyes17 March 4 2009, 23:41:41 UTC

It's the exact same except it's not David Attenborough narrating.

queen_oddity March 4 2009, 23:55:08 UTC

Why did they feel the need to get a different voice over for the American version? :|

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xenoamorist March 4 2009, 23:33:43 UTC

LMAO WUT. That looks ridiculously fun. They're like dolphin hoverboats! And also like sharks at that depth, lmao.

HOW ARE DOLPHINS SO CUTE.

Thanks for sharing!

firebird_88 March 4 2009, 23:36:32 UTC

Welcome! I got a blast out of watching them do this, so I figured people at this group would, too. XD

mattie March 4 2009, 23:36:34 UTC

They're skimboarding! Awesome.

uniformly March 4 2009, 23:41:32 UTC

Haha!. My partner and I watched that ep the other day!. It's so awesome. Did you get the entire series boxset?.

riotous_prole March 5 2009, 01:07:14 UTC

Doesn't seem worth it.
Wouldn't there be schools of fish in deeper waters..?

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firebird_88 March 5 2009, 01:49:37 UTC

As stupid as it sounds, I would do it just 'cause I could. XD; And show off to the seagulls, that's why.

consortofvenus March 11 2009, 01:23:54 UTC

Hell, I'd mess with the 'gulls. Splashy, splashy.

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