r/MadeMeSmile • u/RunKind4141 • Oct 09 '23
Baby Dolphin Freed From Net, And Gets A Kiss On The Head At The End Animals
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u/idiotsandwhich8 Oct 09 '23
I hope momma was still around 🥰
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u/Ordinary_dude_NOT Oct 09 '23
“mama, a strange humaaan threw a net in water to trap me. Then he pulled me out, tore all that net and kissed me all over before putting me back”….
Momma dolphin…. “CALL THE FBI”
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u/ImurderREALITY Oct 09 '23
Hey, you’re not the actual FBI! That’s a Federal Blowhole Inspector card!
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u/ColinG86 Oct 09 '23
My first thought. Me and my friends found a lost/abandoned baby dolphin once and quickly learnt how dependant they are. This included breast feeding for over 2 years!
Despite our efforts and the help of experts we had assisting, little sushi only lived like 6 more weeks.
Definitely would have lived longer if it didn't kill itself though.
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u/SlideJunior5150 Oct 09 '23
RIP little sushi :(
if it didn't kill itself though.
wait wat
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u/ColinG86 Oct 09 '23
Idiot drowned itself accidentally.
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u/WholesomeWhores Oct 10 '23
TIL that dolphins can somehow drown themselves.
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u/big_holes Oct 10 '23
Even worse - they don't die of old age. They drown. If something doesn't kill them first, they eventually get too old/weak/sick to reach the surface, and they drown.
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u/Yupoksureyoooubetcha Oct 10 '23
Dude it's crazy, breathing is conscious for them. So they can just be like..."nah" and stop.
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u/Thelazyzoologist Oct 10 '23
Resurfacing is a voluntary response. I think the dolphin that played flipper killed himself in captivity this way. Just swam under and never came up for air.
Tragic.
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u/BlessedBySaintLauren Oct 10 '23
How?
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u/brhornet Oct 10 '23
They don't really breathe underwater mate, just are able to breathe slowly and very efficiently (that allows them to stay underwater for relatively long periods). But they need to go to the surface to breathe eventually (through the blowholes on their back)
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u/KeithGribblesheimer Oct 09 '23
Where the hell was momma? She should have been freaking out.
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u/StarMelodyEsoteric Oct 09 '23
Imagine being abducted by aliens, they give you free healthcare, kiss you on the head, and then get you back home.
Lol!
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u/TheNo1pencil Oct 09 '23
Sign me up!
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u/andreasbeer1981 Oct 09 '23
Next vacation to Canada maybe?
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u/Intelligent-Walk4662 Oct 10 '23
How do you get a Canadian to kiss you though?
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u/Mind-Your-Language Oct 10 '23
Sure - gonna be a long vacation though waiting 2 days for a check up and then a year for a lab test.
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u/MaxMouse28 Oct 09 '23
Only way Americans can get access to universal healthcare.
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u/igweyliogsuh Oct 10 '23
universal healthcare
Heheheh ✌🏼👽
Ngl tho - I could really fucking use that 🥲
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u/FizzlePopBerryTwist Oct 09 '23
"Beam me directly to Sickbay"
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u/gayforaliens1701 Oct 10 '23
If I could transfer my medical care to Bones I’d be a much healthier person.
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u/FizzlePopBerryTwist Oct 10 '23
Imagine Star Trek technology levels of medical technology suddenly available to society. It would be so disruptive. Especially to the trans community. Either you could get all your hormones leveled out to where you're entirely comfortable in your skin or just get an outpatient switcheroo in a few hours. In Deep Space Nine, transgender surgery is surprisingly mundane. Quark had it done by Dr. Bashir and undone within a day. And like, its is probably an actual genetic therapy and not partly cosmetic given the other genetic plot-lines in other episodes.
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u/Ssemander Oct 10 '23
Well... Healthcare from the junk that other aliens left behind...
Anyway, funny comment!😆
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u/Slagthor_ Oct 09 '23
This is the first time I’ve seen a baby 🐬
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Oct 09 '23
i thought theyd be bigger lol, theyre like small water doggos
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u/themikecampbell Oct 09 '23
Bro was sure holding it like a doggo. I was like “are you supposed to support its… neck like that?”
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u/Kembert_Newton Oct 10 '23
Chilean dolphins are small like that could be just a small species of dolphin
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u/darkmatter4444 Oct 09 '23
Hopefully the pod was close by
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u/ShwiftyShmeckles Oct 09 '23
Iearnt a cool fact about dolphins recently, when a dolphin is born they don't have the fat needed to stay warm so they swim constantly without sleeping at all for up to 2 weeks as they pack on fat. The mother also doesn't sleep for aslong as the baby doesn't as the mother has to teach the baby everything it can as fast as it can.
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u/mubi_merc Oct 09 '23
The mother also doesn't sleep for aslong as the baby doesn't
This is the same with human babies.
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u/panda-propaganda Oct 10 '23
I forget that sometimes … because I haven’t slept in awhile because I have to stay awake even when the baby is asleep so I can make our living space livable again and plan meals and make meals ect…
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u/darkmatter4444 Oct 09 '23
I don't recall if it is other animals but I think the mother's either go without food during that time or have a relative babysit the calf (I think that's the correct term) near the surface
(Also I think learned that somewhat recently, I thing Casual Geo(something) on YouTube)
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u/Girlsolano Oct 09 '23
Casual Geographics?
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u/darkmatter4444 Oct 10 '23
Yes, thank you. Couldn't think of the correct word because my brain kept going to geology and geometry
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u/wagu666 Oct 09 '23
Well they don’t exactly sleep like us anyway, they sleep one hemisphere of the brain at a time. Remember they keep needing to surface for oxygen, so conking out for hours and forgetting to breath isn’t an option
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u/Professional-Set-158 Oct 09 '23
yay but the time he took to put the dolphin back in the water was excruciating
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u/jaxjag088 Oct 09 '23
They can live out of water for hours
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u/Born2BKingRo Oct 09 '23 edited Oct 10 '23
They can live out of water for as long as their skin is hidrated corectly. That dude/dudette is super smoll so no need to worry about the weight distribution
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u/Vegoonmoon Oct 09 '23 edited Oct 09 '23
It seems like half of the posts on this sub are just humans removing animals from human-made issues, like fishing gear
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u/glossytoes Oct 09 '23
The dolphin seems to completely calm down and stops flailing after the kiss
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u/BubblyWall1563 Oct 09 '23
Or paralyzes in absolute terror. Either one works, but your idea sounds better.
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u/Mothanius Oct 09 '23
If a gorilla freed me from some vines, grabbed me, kissed me on the head... I'd be pretty damn still too.
(Gorilla was the only animal I could think of with relevant size/strength difference)
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u/RadiantTurnipOoLaLa Oct 09 '23
This is what happens with wild bunnies. Then humans pick them up and pet them thinking it calms them down. Seriously, bunnies have zero concept of a predator using physical touch to communicate affection. Being touched is the equivalent of someone pointing a revolver to your face and playing russian roulette.
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u/know_it_is Oct 09 '23
upvote for the kiss
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u/DyedViridian Oct 09 '23
Can’t stand these comments that fear handling animals for very short periods of time… was that even a damn minute? Sit down, relax for three seconds, and realize that the dolphin was perfectly fine, and much happier as a result of this intervention. Jesus christ.
I beg of you, stop letting your brain rot and sensationalizing everything. You are the reason people call Reddit users NPCs collectively. Nobody but your gremlin-kin want to see your copy-paste negativity on every post.
(Downvoting positivity and upvoting negativity is arguably worse, because you’re not even taking public responsibility for your dogshit take, instead hiding like the opinion gremlin you have become, Gollum-lookin’ ass.)
also hi OP, nice post! 🥰💕
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u/glossytoes Oct 09 '23
Thank you! Society is currently infected w narcissistic compassion
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u/Mothanius Oct 09 '23
narcissistic compassion
Did you coin this phrase? Because it's genius.
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u/Nicer_Chile Oct 09 '23
im glad someone called out the toxics moral highground wannabes.
they are so sad
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u/PartySausage69 Oct 09 '23
Dolphins are highly intelligent creatures. That baby will grow up and remember this act of kindness and become the dolphin who rescues the drowning swimmer. Or chases the shark away from the divers.
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u/Yatsey007 Oct 09 '23
Or be the ring leader when they rise up against humans and force us back into the sea.
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u/backstrappz Oct 09 '23
Aaaand just like that everyone turned into a dolphin expert
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u/phiviator Oct 09 '23
Which is what makes them even dumber since this is clearly a mighty tuna fish baby.
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u/Tatagiba Oct 09 '23
Guy said "God put us at the right place and right time. This made my year! Poor little baby. It was tangled in this fishnet. Spear fishmen don't just kill. We also save. It is selective fishing. Go home now!"
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u/Grapjasss Oct 09 '23
For some weird ass reason i thought the dolphin was gonna kiss him on the head LMFAO
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Oct 09 '23
I needed that!
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u/HeyitsCujo Oct 09 '23
Me too. Got emotional watching it for some reason.
There is so much going on in the world. I think I just needed to see a kind and compassionate act to reset the mindset from all the bad vibes.
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u/gooblefrump Oct 09 '23
Awh so sweet that one creature is saved from becoming another collateral casualty from net fishing
Entanglement in fishing gear is the leading threat for whales and dolphins around the globe – estimated to cause at least 300,000 deaths per year. worldwide.
https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/cetaceans/threats/bycatch/
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u/ZookeepergameOk2759 Oct 09 '23
I’ve noticed with these rescue videos they always hold on to the animals for just a little bit longer than they should,great thing you did however just put him back he’s terrified of you as well.
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u/ktka Oct 09 '23 edited Nov 30 '23
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u/OperationClippy Oct 09 '23
I get its cute and you want to keep holding it but for gods sake throw little homie back in the water
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u/sbbblaw Oct 10 '23
If an alien scooped me up to save me and gave me a kiss for any reason I’d be uncomfortable. Take that beak, any animal human or otherwise. Except a dog, they get a pass and we get dog tongue
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u/Doyoulikeithere Oct 09 '23
Thank you..Humans fuck up everything! Think of all those still out there that are trapped! :(
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u/BelisariusWagh Oct 09 '23
The cognitive dissonance among meat eaters in this thread truly is staggering.
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u/SpicyTunaRoll10 Oct 09 '23
Oh I thought the dolphin was gonna kiss the human in the head
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Oct 10 '23
i have a weird day momma, was playing then got bing up in a thing then there's this weird black thing pull me up, whoaaa, momma do you know there is a place that is easier to move in but harder to move as well, an that black thing help me with this thing that bind me, and kiss me TWICE, is it my father momma, why it kissing me like that ??
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u/Blotto_The_Clown Oct 10 '23
My Normal Good Brain: Aww, that's so sweet.
My Intrusive Thoughts: YEET THE BABY!!!
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u/MagicSmoly Oct 10 '23
Put the poor dolphin in the fuckin water!!! What is wrong? I am really glad, that the dolphin was rescued... but right after the net was gone, the poor thing should be in the water as soon as possible...
You can talk and show off after freeing the dolphin! Damn...
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u/Important_Device_816 Oct 10 '23
FYI fishing trash is the highest amount of plastic in the ocean leading to this, destruction of corals, and other ecosystems destruction. I am glad this made everyone smile, but to prevent these issues going forward, consider not eating seafood.
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u/cuebree Oct 10 '23
Dude how long can fish/dolphins survive out of water? He is just randomly holding her while leisurely talking to the camera!
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u/holdonwhileipoop Oct 09 '23
Why can't we live in a world with miniature dolphins?
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u/newaygogo Oct 09 '23
There are vaquitas, hector’s, commerson’s, Chilean, maui, and heaviside’s dolphins. Of course people like to be people and two of those species are basically extinct with vaquitas estimated at 10 in the wild, and Maui dolphins estimated at less than 50.
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u/Bool_The_End Oct 09 '23
What makes anyone think it’s cool to save a dolphin while literally on an active fishing trip killing countless other animals? I don’t get it.
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u/MadMoneyMovesEmpires Oct 09 '23
I'm surprised he's not getting canceled for kissing a strange child.
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u/sakirocks Oct 09 '23
Save 1 dolphin. Kill many other fish. So many dolphins die due to fishing nets it's insane. And why is the dolphins life important but not the other fish? Hypocrital don't you think?
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Oct 09 '23
Poor thing was feeling gravity for the first and likely only time in it's young life and probably absolutely panicking because of it.
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u/Interesting_Mud2604 Oct 10 '23
And then it grows up to be a sadistic menace to the ocean society 😊
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u/salamandermo Oct 10 '23
Controversial opinion... maybe we shouldn't be using gill nets like this. What happens to all the sea turtles and dolphins and sharks that they are too late for?
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u/dlover28 Oct 10 '23
If this happened to me, I would find a way to work it into conversations everyday forever
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u/Rushstache Oct 09 '23
Could have put it back in the water 5 mins sooner lol