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[–]rpm12345 251 points252 points ago

Title should have been: 'Dolphin having a whale of a time'

[–]english122 47 points48 points ago

Recent research suggests that the new friendship made such a splash that its sending waves through the sea.

[–]cyberjedi 77 points78 points ago

I don't think this is a friendship - that whale ran into him on porpoise.

[–]jednx01 14 points15 points ago

Bravo... I have never seen that gif before... This is going on my list of top 10 gifs.

[–]s3c10n8 5 points6 points ago

One in a million, this is clearly a fluke.

[–]TheTalentedAmateur 0 points1 point ago

Hopefully that brings the puns to their finish.

[–]mrmoneybagsjunior 0 points1 point ago

You stole my pun, ye knave.

Thou shall suffer.

[–]_shazbot_ 0 points1 point ago

Take those puns and stick them up your blowhole.

[–]rastiforevermore 18 points19 points ago

[–]enflamed_anal_hairs 5 points6 points ago

I'm tripping out, man.

[–]rastiforevermore 1 point2 points ago

shhhhhhh That means its working..... never thought id say that to anal hairs 0_o no less en flamed ones

[–]enflamed_anal_hairs 1 point2 points ago

Thank you for noticing the "en", as it would seemingly be mistaken for a misspelled word when in fact, I simply combined two verbs- engulfed+inflamed to convey the most extreme of situations. Carry on.

[–]Optimal_Joy 0 points1 point ago

This new 3D technology is mind blowing!

[–]Mrs_Brisby 4 points5 points ago

Clearly it was planned in advance too, there wasn't any he-cetacean in his action.

[–]HelloKidney 2 points3 points ago

The whale obviously wasn't trying to harm the dolphin. He just wanted to flipper over.

[–]whodamanb 0 points1 point ago

your right whales hate dolphins

[–]Murmuzy -1 points0 points ago

Baby laugh AhahAHAHAAAhAhaaaaaa

[–]tyme 5 points6 points ago

Now to wait one week and repost with this title. Then reap the delicious karma!

[–]mrmoneybagsjunior 2 points3 points ago

I was thinking "Fluke picture".

[–]warm_beer 1 point2 points ago

Oh, blow me.

[–]100PERCENT100 1 point2 points ago

Now he's going to his dolphin buddies and be like, "oh what did you do today? That's nice. Oh, me? Not much, just jumped off some fat whale.

[–]mdbuff 55 points56 points ago

Casual sex, smart as fuck, tricks with other animals, dolphins are cool as shit!

[–]bananasncornbread 14 points15 points ago

That dolphin was probably trying to rape the whale or kill it for being different. Dolphins are bad people.

[–]Pointy130 6 points7 points ago

Dolphins are the rapiest species besides humans and ducks.

[–]mrmoneybagsjunior -1 points0 points ago

Truf.

[–]A_Polite_Noise 19 points20 points ago

This post is so close to having the proper form of a haiku.

[–]pntplaysMC 16 points17 points ago

Casual sex, smart

as fuck, tricks with other a-

nimals, dolphins are

It's not that close, unless you meant:

This post is so close

to having the proper form

of a haiku

[–]A_Polite_Noise 4 points5 points ago

How do we define

"close"? It almost had the right

number of syl-...fuck.

[–]Stunningham2 0 points1 point ago

This is fucking brilliant, well observed.

[–]tedparkes 2 points3 points ago

that was so awesome

im not sure how you did that

it was very cool

[–]bfogarty27 5 points6 points ago

if you're going to mention casual sex you're going to have to mention dolphin rape

[–]Sherm 2 points3 points ago

And don't forget dolphin gang rape.

[–]LungFuck -3 points-2 points ago

CTRL+F "gang rape" was not disappoint

[–]Nassor 0 points1 point ago

[–]adrr 0 points1 point ago

They live life with no porpoise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZY6nYEq5i4

[–]Schobbo 9 points10 points ago

looks more like the whale crashed into the dolphin

[–]veltrop 2 points3 points ago

It's attacking the dolphin.

[–]falloutmonk 13 points14 points ago

With what I've learn about dolphins, I don't know what to believe in regards to this picture. Before I thought it was a harmless mistake, now I'm wondering if the ramming dolphin is that guy.

[–]r0b0c0d 5 points6 points ago

Totally that guy.

[–]Optimal_Joy 2 points3 points ago

Dolphins don't make mistakes, everything they do is intentional.

[–]McGravin 4 points5 points ago

I'm pretty sure that's a dolphin gut-punch.

[–]swimmerhair 0 points1 point ago

Made my day. That gif is now my favorite

[–]awesomeme99 24 points25 points ago

THAT LINK WAS PURPLE NEVER SEEN IT IN MY LIFE

WAT

[–]RiceEel 6 points7 points ago

MEME ARROWS

[–]cockporn 1 point2 points ago

Murderous hobo in the attic borrowing your computer while you sleep.

[–]ForwardTwo 6 points7 points ago

I just lost my shit in the middle of class. I'm actually still crying from laughter as everyone is looking at me, even the professor.

Fucking coked out dolphins

[–]Jonny_Watts 4 points5 points ago

[–]eawhite 2 points3 points ago

Damn you! I had to start biting my hand to stop myself from laughing uncontrollably!

[–]Stunningham2 0 points1 point ago

it hurts so good

[–]bagpipendude1 26 points27 points ago

Definitely read ramping as raping

[–]sporkmonger 16 points17 points ago

Given these are dolphins we're talking about, that's probably not that far off. Penguins are probably more sexually deviant, but dolphins engage in blowhole rape, so I'm not sure what's worse, really.

[–]datnewnew 11 points12 points ago

oh great now I have to look up why Penguins are more sexually deviant than dolphins. Thanks sporkmonger my friday just took a weird turn.

[–]McGravin 1 point2 points ago

Here you go. Homosexuality, rape, pedophilia rape, necrophilia, etc.

[–]desull 1 point2 points ago

blowhole rape huh? Go on......

[–]Tongue420 1 point2 points ago

in cases of this type of legitimate rape...the body just..... fuck it...Dolphin is gettin some whale tail...who cares!

[–]Woden1Eye 19 points20 points ago

pretty sure that whale is going to eat that dolphin

[–]phliuy 24 points25 points ago

That is a filter feeding whale

[–]Woden1Eye 79 points80 points ago

pretty sure that filter feeding whale is going to eat that dolphin

[–]phliuy 29 points30 points ago

But...they....um....ok.

[–]Eros_Narcissus 0 points1 point ago

Why do filter feeding whales look like pickles?

[–]reddit_user13 0 points1 point ago

I think the dolphin is trying to fuck the whale.

[–]titanicx 9 points10 points ago

So he's into BBW's...

[–]fuzzb0y 7 points8 points ago

Big Beautiful Whales.

[–]seluropnek 3 points4 points ago

REPOST IF YOU'RE A BIG BEAUTIFUL WHALE THAT DON'T NEED NO MAN

[–]McGravin 0 points1 point ago

Right. The dolphin will be filtered into the whale's gullet.

[–]TheEngine 2 points3 points ago

Fucking jetskiers, always trying to jump my wake...

[–]GiantWhaleCannon 8 points9 points ago

That's the cetacean version of a brofist.

[–]phliuy 4 points5 points ago

I am really thankful that "ramping off" is not a euphemism, and that this is just a playful picture of a dolphin and a whale.

[–]stufff 4 points5 points ago

BRB, ramping off.

[–]VicYesterday 2 points3 points ago

Sweet whale grind, bro.

[–]mightycow 5 points6 points ago

Dolphin performing a textbook nose grind.

[–]eightballart 6 points7 points ago

aka a "kick-flipper"

[–]Helpfulandattractive 0 points1 point ago

You've got my vote.

[–]CasualPenguin 2 points3 points ago

Tony Dolphin: Pro Skater IV

[–]ladada2001 1 point2 points ago

Way to Jump the shar- .... Whale.

[–]ToastmahGhost 1 point2 points ago

this reminds me of pokemon snap.

[–]MattSaki 0 points1 point ago

That is sick.

[–]Ruggiez -1 points0 points ago

Suddenly, blowhole.

[–]TobiasBlueMe 0 points1 point ago

Parcore

[–]PullOutBoy 0 points1 point ago

DID IT DO A BARREL ROLL?????

[–]buttmax 0 points1 point ago

FUKKEN OWNED BITCH

[–]njakubow 1 point2 points ago

Boost me bro

[–]heodieat 1 point2 points ago

'That makes about as much sense as a velvet painting of a dolphin gettin it on with a whale.' -Ricky Bobby

[–]Mr_Aids 0 points1 point ago

Came here to post that. You beat me to it.

[–]heodieat 1 point2 points ago

It had to be referenced.

[–]forkandspoon2011 0 points1 point ago

Fonsie(Dolphin) Jumps the Shark(Whale)

[–]UncleBone 0 points1 point ago

Tony Hawk dead! Reincarnated as dolphin!

[–]jmcwalk 1 point2 points ago

Sick air, bro!

[–]Jesse_757 0 points1 point ago

TIL ramp is a verb

[–]WellThatsPrettyNeat 0 points1 point ago

Over three schools...of fish. NEW WORLD RECORD!

[–]silence7 0 points1 point ago

[–]benzenoid 0 points1 point ago

like a boss

[–]No_Easy_Buckets 0 points1 point ago

No that's a dolphin getting knocked by a whale

[–]castleclouds 1 point2 points ago

Every dolphin thread always has rape in it

[–]1_point_21_gigawatts 0 points1 point ago

"What kind of dolphin do you have?"

"It's a Sledgehammer."

"Dang! You got shocks... pegs... lucky! You ever take it off any sweet whales?"

This joke was bad and I should feel bad.

[–]IM4N14C -1 points0 points ago

If I ever witness this in real life this will be my immediate reaction.

[–]quantummc 0 points1 point ago

I was on a whale watching tour in Hawaii and a similar thing but with multiple dolphins. The tour guide told us that the dolphins are protecting the whale's offspring from sharks while it's giving birth. Dolphins are gangster.

[–]Kevindeuxieme 0 points1 point ago

Okay this seemed a bit ridiculous when reading, so I tried to guess why they would actually do it.

My result: 1) dolphins are carnivores 2) whales are placental mammals. O biologists: is it far-fetched to imagine that the dolphins are instead waiting for the placenta to be expelled, to then eat it? I mean humans do expel it (couldn't find with certitude if whales do) and there are cultures where it is eaten, sooo... ?

Or alternatively, are they feeding off the other fish that do eat the placenta? (yeah I know dolphins aren't fish)

[–]yerm620 0 points1 point ago

OOOOO OOOOO do a kickflip XD

[–]Tikinola 1 point2 points ago

I feel a requirement as a scientist to direct the curious to the source if you're curious why a Bottle nose Dolphin is on a Humpback Whale

[–]Cultjam 0 points1 point ago

Best plank ever.

[–]BackflipJohnson 0 points1 point ago

Someone got some serious air.

[–]BackflipJohnson 0 points1 point ago

Snap!

[–]awbobsaget 0 points1 point ago

i know porn when i see it...

[–]tedparkes -1 points0 points ago

Just scratching his back on the barnacles :D

[–]tedparkes 0 points1 point ago

Humpback whales are amazing creatures. I worked on a whale watch in Provincetown, MA for a summer. Spent 4 hours a day right next to them. Best job I've ever had.

[–]Cadock 0 points1 point ago

With the size of whales and the intelligence of dolphins, they'll be unstoppable!

[–]ThatSleepyGuy 1 point2 points ago

I think it's more like a whale tackling a dolphin out of the water.

[–]Llonk 0 points1 point ago

Win

[–]imareddituserhooray 0 points1 point ago

Dolphin McTwist

[–]Trane_Gibson 1 point2 points ago

Nobody puts baby in a corner

[–]captainburnz 0 points1 point ago

I'm pretty sure that dolphin is penetrating that poor whale's "blow-hole."

[–]Sl3dgehammer 0 points1 point ago

bros for life

[–]DankasaurusRX 0 points1 point ago

Waverunner 64!

[–]erusmane 0 points1 point ago

So Metal!

[–]Chickenzrck 0 points1 point ago

I thought it was something sexual at first.

[–]billiamreynolds 1 point2 points ago

If I was a dolphin I would do this kind of shit all the time

[–]Jam_with_me 0 points1 point ago

sliding down back

[–]dayofthedead204 0 points1 point ago

Dolphin - you're drunk.

[–]LetsJerkCircular 0 points1 point ago

Shoryuken!!!

[–]wytewydow 0 points1 point ago

Parkour level: Dolphin

[–]strangefolk 0 points1 point ago

lets launch over it

[–]HumanPersonMan 0 points1 point ago

EXTREME

[–]-AC- 0 points1 point ago

Looks like the whale is playing with the dolphin, much like killer whales have been known to play with seals by tossing them into the air.

[–]CasualFriday11 0 points1 point ago

That's a cool dolphin. Ever take it off some sweet jumps?

[–]RunningWithBeer 0 points1 point ago

I haven't used the word ramping since 6th grade...

[–]reigorius 1 point2 points ago

The link....

Oops, wrong thread.

My bad.

[–]pandapunches 0 points1 point ago

SWITCH 360 INCOMING, BITCHES

[–]flying_pigs 0 points1 point ago

Fuck you Whare! And Fuck you Dorpheen! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwNvIM2W9Aw

[–]gareen5 0 points1 point ago

Umm that looks like a whale attacking a dolphin.

[–]geddy_2112 0 points1 point ago

That whale must be Japanese...

[–]Gregerrence 0 points1 point ago

I'm pretty sure he got that move from an NBA street gamebreaker

[–]freeqaz 0 points1 point ago

STRIKE TEAM ALPHA GO! ASSISTED LAUNCH!

[–]MonkeyWrench27 0 points1 point ago

BRRRAAAAAP!!!!

[–]Waff1es 0 points1 point ago

Do a flip!

[–]zwitt95 0 points1 point ago

I believe that is called a fis(h)t bump

[–]Nonplussest 0 points1 point ago

"Okay, Mike's in the club."

[–]arewehavinfunyet 1 point2 points ago

Look! It's the Endeavor.

[–]Gates9 0 points1 point ago

Clearly trying to rape the whale

[–]cariboumustard 0 points1 point ago

I misread this as "A dolphin raping a whale", which made me think of dolphin rape caves, which made me sad. Because dolphins are cool and should not be raping anything regardless of location.

[–]chillale66 0 points1 point ago

Sweet air brah, thanks for the pop.

[–]The_Phreak 0 points1 point ago

He's learning about physics!

[–]jturkish 0 points1 point ago

alley oop

[–]outofmytree 0 points1 point ago

Looks like mutual massage to me...

[–]holstoken 0 points1 point ago

parkour!

[–]VelosiT 0 points1 point ago

This deserves all the upvotes ever.

[–]nettles121 0 points1 point ago

tubular.

[–]LifeAccordingToMe 0 points1 point ago

All I could think of when I saw this is "Now you see, the Duke boys had the sheriff hot on their tail, and it was time I make a desperate move"

[–]UhbeePottah 0 points1 point ago

I dunno... looks a lot like Dirty Dancing to me.

[–]SurferGirl808 0 points1 point ago

I know the lady who took this. I have a copy she made on my office wall

[–]hey_its_katie 0 points1 point ago

Pictures like this make me wonder how much funny or cool stuff goes on in the animal world that we'll never witness.

[–]_masterBlaster_ 1 point2 points ago

Read that as dolphin raping a whale. i thought, not much of a rape. we're talking a hotdog down a hallway.

[–]weewolf 0 points1 point ago

I guess it depends on the kind of the whale, but I bet in some species a dolphin would be as big as the whales junk. It could just be a full body insertion.

[–]MisogynistLesbian 1 point2 points ago

He's into blowhole play.

[–]thebayway 1 point2 points ago

Barnacle scrapes :/

[–]Drunken_Economist 1 point2 points ago

This is what happens when you let dolphins play GTA

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[–]MrDorkESQ 30 points31 points ago

Actually no. There is a research paper on this interaction.

Here is the full paper PDF

In conclusion, these observations suggest that the two encounters described herein were interspecific play by the bottlenose dolphins and humpback whales. The dolphins in both cases seemed in good health and capable of fleeing the humpbacks at any time; therefore, they likely initiated what appeared to be social play with the humpbacks.

edit: I've often wondered why people delete comments and posts that get negative karma.

The post I was commenting to said "This is really a whale killing a porpoise." or something like that.

[–]SourCreamWater 2 points3 points ago

Have you ever seen a dolphin/porpoise swim? There is no way a whale could catch him, ever.

[–]pbostrom 1 point2 points ago

its like the ancient velociraptor vs t-rex debate

[–]ashleyhawker -4 points-3 points ago

I was gonna say "or it is about to get eaten". But you good sir, beat me to it.

[–]Apostolate 10 points11 points ago

That's a baleen whale. It will not eat a dolphin. It eats very small creatures.

[–]linearcore 4 points5 points ago

The tiniest animals I believe.

I remember some fact that the largest animal on Earth eats the smallest animal on Earth a very tiny tiny animal.

And now I need to find it.

Edit: not the smallest, but still damn small.

[–]koolkid005 1 point2 points ago

Because it's effecient. If it were only to eat big things it would probably have a hard time finding food, so it eats the small things there are billions upon billions of all over. Same reason Sauropods ate leaves.

[–]i_yurt_on_your_face 0 points1 point ago

I prefer to think the're sharing an epic hug.

[–]h83r 0 points1 point ago

so long, and thanks for all the fish

[–]TheresTheBlackGuy -2 points-1 points ago

This seems like a preferable form of whaling.

[–]swampfox_spartacus -2 points-1 points ago

Dolphin: "Dude that was awesome, told you it was going to work"

Whale: "Holy shit bro, that was epic, and i think that human got in on camera ask him for the shot bro"

Dolphin: "Idk man, those things freak me out sometimes"

[–]Rasteb -3 points-2 points ago

Dolphin ramping off a whale. Your argument is invalid.

[–]devolute 0 points1 point ago

I heard you like large aquatic animals so I put a large aquatic....

[–]usernameblank 0 points1 point ago

Probably trying to jump a shark

[–]buckeyejosh 0 points1 point ago

hardcore dolphin parkour

[–]jadesaber2 0 points1 point ago

EXTREME BREACHING!!!!

[–]GuessWho_O 1 point2 points ago

I've never wanted to see a video more in my life

[–]Hakaku -1 points0 points ago

What's actually happening here is that the Humpback Whale is lunging into the bottlenose dolphin in order to shove it off and scare it away. Most species of dolphins love to hunt alongside whales, and often jump on and and around the bow waves created by larger ones.* But Humpback Whales happen to be about the only species that doesn't tolerate this behaviour, most likely because the dolphins do steal prey from the whales and they don't really present much benefit to them.

*Because of this habit, they'll also ride on the bow waves of ships.

[–]SourCreamWater -2 points-1 points ago

I love dolphins so much.