World’s Strangest

The Ukranian navy are arming dolphins with knives and pistols to defend against underwater attackers. The bizarre tactic is part of the country’s mari…

A new study suggests that dolphins may use complex nonlinear maths when hunting for fish. Long considered to highly intelligent animals, it’s no surpr…

Andrew Salmone made this .gif after building a pizza zoetrope. He shaped pepper slices to look like individual frames a dolphin in motion, baked them into the pizza, then took pictures as it spun on a turntable. So the next time that you order a pizza, ask for one with leaping dolphins. Link -via Make

(Video Link) People enjoying a pleasant morning on the shore of Arraial do Cabo, Brazil last Monday noticed that about thirty dolphins were trapped in the surf and unable to swim back out to sea. So they spontaneously waded in, grabbed the dolphins by their tails, and pulled them into deeper water. Go Team Humanity! Link [...]

It has been suggested that dolphins are so intelligent that they should have their own bill of rights. A coalition of animal welfare groups, scientist…

A man who died during July 4th celebrations in Louisiana had his body brought to shore by dolphins. 47-year-old Luis Arturo Polanco Morales and anothe…

(Video Link) Maverick the dog was fascinated by the dolphins, and so decided to jump in and play with them. His hoomins were none too thrilled with him. via The Mary Sue

(Video Link) This is astoundingly adorable! The cat and the dolphins seem to genuinely enjoy each others’ company. via Super Punch

Turbo, an 11 year old doberman, wandered away from his home on Marco Island, Florida. He was found fifteen hours later in a canal not far from his home, alive but exhausted. The dog likely spent the entire night in the canal before a neighbor rescued him after being alerted by dolphins who kept the [...]

Wild dolphins are learning to tail-walk and are teaching other dolphins how to do it too. This remarkable example of dolphins “culturally transmitting…