Dolphin World Blog

Hi All,

I read this interesting article about Dolphins and their courting behavior in the wild. They have experts that have watched wild dolphins and found that they bring weeds as a courting behavior. Some of the experts think this could be a sign of culture for the dolphins. This article defines culture as the ability to teach the next generation on how to behave. Wow, I really don’t believe the dolphins are teaching culture but the signs of natural behavior. You need to read the article and get your own opinion 

Here is an excerpt from the article…..

Male dolphins in the mood for love need none of these things. It turns out that THE gift in your classier dolphin circles is the ever popular clump of weeds or twigs. Bring your fine lady dolphin friend a bunch of organic material in your mouth and you’ll be blowhole deep in dolphin action in no time. Just remember to surface every once in a while.

Researchers previously thought that dolphins attracted mates with that playful behaviour we find so cute. I’m glad I didn’t know this before today. I used to love Sea World, and the thought that those adorably scampering dolphins were engaging in foreplay probably would have affected me in a negative way.

The discovery of object presentation as a mating behaviour sheds new light on dolphins and allows researchers to describe dolphin groups in a new way. Some researchers are starting to use the word “culture”, although that description is proving controversial.
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Do you think dolphins can have “Cultural” instincts? What is your opinion?
Have a great day!
God Bless,
John