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Dolphins Communicate with ‘Fountains of Pee’ (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

Me too, but I don't get an article written about me

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

That gives the phrase "piss off" a whole new meaning.

—courtesy of my wife

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wtf is that picture? Is that real, Orange dolphins?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's gotta be AI. The whole dolphin looks... off. ~~That site must be satire.~~

Maybe not satire but wtf that image is odd.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a river dolphin. The water is probably dark with tannins.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_dolphin

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I had no idea. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I had no idea dolphins and even fish could smell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

They smell like the toys in my mother's nightstand.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Sharks are supposed to be able to smell blood from a mile or more away - that's why throwing chum in the water is a good way to draw them in.

I hadn't thought about dolphins smelling though - I wonder if it's closer to tasting, maybe?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

What are the chances they figured out we're trying to decode their speech and they're trolling us?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Do the dolphins aim the pee fountain into the whale urine funnel?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Is it just three paragraphs or am I missing something here? It feels like it ends abruptly especially for a SA article