Every dolphin's gone surfin'! Stunning pictures as hundreds play among some monster waves , page 1

These huge breakers would put the fear of God into most surfers. But when you're a dolphin, they can only mean one thing: Playtime.
Gliding effortlessly through the ocean these masters of the ocean made light work of waves up to 25 feet high.
In pods of up to 400, the creatures crowded into the swell of the water as it broke. And with seemingly little effort they tore through the surf, leaping high in the air as they went.

Some stunning pictures I wanted to share , hope you like .
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EDIT to add.. The pictures have been cropped by posting . Please visit the link to see the full pictures .

[edit on 20-2-2010 by Max_TO]

Awesome pics!!

Also, shameless plug for THE COVE. Those beautiful creatures deserve to be saved!

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They bring up a good point in The Cove about the health concerns about eating dolphin meat as their bodies contain a large amount of toxins as they are one of the few near the top of the food chain and absorb it through the prey they eat.

I got to have a personal experience with LUNA similar to this one while loading Hemlock onto a barge. Luna liked our little dozer boats that we used to push the buddles up to the barge. When we had a break in loading he would come over and stick his head out and I would talk to him and I could tell he was trying to listen because he would tilt his head side to side trying to figure out the sound. Sometimes when he was behind me I would floor my dozer and then turn sharply and he would chase me. You could here him squeal and he loved that game. Our dozers have a cage surrounding the propeller so he couldn't get hurt by them. In fact he loved to scratch his belly on the keel. You'd be idle there waiting and then BOOM you heel over a bit and look in the water and you can see his white belly.



I met Luna about 4 times and everyone was I would say almost emotional as you realize there is soo much intelligence there. The only thing not allowing to communicate is a common dialogue. Maybe technology will help with this someday. They are amazing animals and we should be protecting all marine mammals. We've already done too much damage now we have to let it heal.

Seeing them playing like this is a great way to show that we share something in common. Body surfing. I could do it for hours it's soo much fun.

[edit on 21-2-2010 by DEEZNUTZ]

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Sad ending for Luna, but that whale showed us how clever they are. There's no explanation for Luna wanting to play...short of acknowledging her being a scentient being. And no scentient being should be killed imo.

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Luna got killed by a boat, that's what happens when you mess with humans. Fjord where people fish is no place for orcas. There were plans for "rescuing" but Luna got killed in very short time, he was too gentle and fearless to survive.

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