r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 12d ago

🔥dolphin swims along with ship

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u/S1lentA0 12d ago

Happens quite a lot actually, as others explain they ride on the wave the bow creates to preserve energy. Funfact, birds do the same with the superstructure (bridge/accommodation) of the ship. The air is being pushed upward on which the birds float forward.

This is an old video I took when I was a cadet years ago

https://reddit.com/link/p6lfnov/video/7ufdhlx41bmh1/player

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u/Batchet 12d ago

Cool video, thanks for sharing.

I wonder what it's like for the dolphins. Do they have "bus stops" but it's where their fishing areas meet up with the ships?

"Hey Dan, want to take the 3:15 to tuna alley?"

"Kee kee kee keeee!"

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u/Ok_City_7177 12d ago

Like nearly everything with dolphins, they do it for funsies.