out | Dolphins World https://www.dolphins-world.com Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:25:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 Risso’s Dolphins Having Fun https://www.dolphins-world.com/rissos-dolphins-having-fun/ Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:28:32 +0000 http://www.dolphins-world.com/?p=769 A group of tourists made of children and adults during a tour on a boat are surprised to see that a herd of Risso’s Dolphins perform jumps out of water while others are close to the boat and let the tourist to appreciate their unique characteristics. Boat rides are one of the most popular tourist activities that visitors from around the world that travel only to be in touch with the nature and to have a close look to the species usually known in captivity.

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]]> Why do Dolphins Jump out of the Water? https://www.dolphins-world.com/why-do-dolphins-jump-out-of-the-water/ Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:40:27 +0000 http://www.dolphins-world.com/?p=407 Answer:

There is an ongoing debate about why dolphins jump out of the water.

Scientists think about different reasons for this behavior.

Among them, some believe that dolphins jump while traveling to save energy as going through the air consume less energy than going through the water.

Some others believe that jumping is to get a better view of distant things in the water, mainly prey. So, in this way, dolphins jump to locate food or food related activity like seagulls eating or pelicans hunting.

Other explanations suggest that dolphins use jumping to communicate either with a mate or with another pod as they can hear and interpret the splashes.

Some people even think that dolphins jump for cleaning, trying to get rid of parasites while jumping.

Finally, some scientists believe that they are only having good fun, as playing helps to keep senses at their best.

 

]]> Why do Dolphins Jump in the Air? https://www.dolphins-world.com/why-do-dolphins-jump-in-the-air/ Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.dolphins-world.com/?p=405 Answer:

There is not a single scientific explanation about why dolphins jump in the air.

Some of the theories include:

– Dolphins jump in the air to save energy as it consumes less energy traveling through the air than through the water.

– Dolphins jump to locate some other pod or to find food by looking at the water for signs of food like feeding birds or any other indication of food location.

– Dolphins do it to communicate to other dolphins or pods to hunt together or for another purpose.

– Dolphins jump only for fun.

– Dolphins jump to get rid of parasites.

 

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