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Re: Dolphin Discovery..
[Re: Manpot]
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09/20/2017 04:59 PM
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Mal, the aerial photo I saw on line of DD was about the only one that made me smile. Not because people lost their jobs but because the dolphins found their freedom.
[color:"red"] FRAN[/color] "Yes I am a pirate, 200 years too late"
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Re: Dolphin Discovery..
[Re: Yachtmaster]
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09/20/2017 08:23 PM
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In Curacao they have trained the dolphins to follow their dive boat so they can take them out into open water. The dolphins are free to leave if they choose to do so but every time they are waiting back at the entry gate to their lagoon well before the boat returns. It seems they feel that is their home.
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Re: Dolphin Discovery..
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09/20/2017 09:46 PM
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I had seen a post that stated they were not in the pens, but moved to a different location. Seemed to be posted by someone that worked there.
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Re: Dolphin Discovery..
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09/20/2017 10:26 PM
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Joeswind said: Dolphins born in captivity have no natural instincts and probably won't make it in the wild. I understand and agree with the argument against confining dolphins, but they've been somewhat domesticated now. Think about releasing your pet dog into the wild. Where would it rather be and where will it thrive? Best to let them live out their lives where their comfortable. And don't add any new ones! Same can be said for most zoo animals. I'm not sure why natural instincts would disappear due to captive breeding. The term instinct means internally programmed. Now, the learned behaviors that come from growing up in the pod might be more difficult to figure out; When to migrate, where the fish will be, etc. I'm pretty sure they'll figure out. Hope they got out!
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Re: Dolphin Discovery..
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09/21/2017 09:31 AM
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Speaking of natural instincts, what are all of those seagulls doing hanging out by the back of my boat.
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Re: Dolphin Discovery..
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maytrix said: I had seen a post that stated they were not in the pens, but moved to a different location. Seemed to be posted by someone that worked there. I read that too but I call bullsh*t, the answer was too vague. Where do you relocate a dolphin to? The whole explanation is just odd. People on FB are demanding proof of life pics https://www.facebook.com/dolphindiscoverytortola/
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Re: Dolphin Discovery..
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09/21/2017 01:10 PM
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lauraandrex said:maytrix said: I had seen a post that stated they were not in the pens, but moved to a different location. Seemed to be posted by someone that worked there. I read that too but I call bullsh*t, the answer was too vague. Where do you relocate a dolphin to? The whole explanation is just odd. People on FB are demanding proof of life pics https://www.facebook.com/dolphindiscoverytortola/ Seems like it would be easy for them to show a video or something. The fact they haven't could just mean communication is poor where they are or it could mean they aren't being truthful. Hopefully we'll find out.
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Re: Dolphin Discovery..
[Re: Manpot]
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09/21/2017 01:53 PM
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Yes, I agree. I'd much rather see them in the wild then in captivity. I'd never pay to swim with them.
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Re: Dolphin Discovery..
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We've had a few experiences. This one on our passage from St. lucia to the BVI (As it happens it was as we were passing Dominica). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPtxweh4BUwAnd this one while diving the Indians, which was too short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84ZYr1YfZaYAlso heard one surface as we were sitting on a mooring in the Bight - we were close to the entrance near the edge of the mooring field. We also saw about 50 or so in a pod off the coast of St. Vincent on our first trip down there about 5 years ago. Very cool. Same trip we also saw two different groups of whales.
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