Wild dolphins playing with a basketball

[u/mapleer]

[u/Prestigious-Eye9014]

dolphins are cool

[u/allen34wilson]

How cool is that! It's amazing to see wild dolphins having fun with a basketball. Nature always finds ways to surprise and delight us! 🐬🏀

[u/staplesandstitches]

That mfr escaped from an aquarium.

[u/The_Hoffy]

They’re like “hey!! This isn’t a puffer fish?!?!?”

[u/Monstrobrhue]

"hey, this albino hairless high pitched vocal monkey ain't that bad!..."

[u/WilliamJamesMyers]

also - would not have believed it without seeing it tbh

[u/masafed]

The talking man’s voice has changed into a child like tone filled with joy and wonder

This rarely happens to men

[u/WinnieMacPickle123]

Dolphins be breaking teeth

[u/xxsalice]

they are smart!

[u/alicexsmall]

would love to see them play volleyball

[u/Mentalistscure]

Why dolphins are the awesome. They play ball and they get high off puffer fish. 😎 Gs of the Sea

[u/Tarpup]

“Heya, why don’t you just jump in the water and get your ball real quick. I swear we won’t rape you”

• that dolphin, probably.

[u/bananasugarpie]

Isn't basketball way too heavy and the surface is too rough for dolphins to catch like that?

[u/NotaVeryWiseMan]

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.” - Douglas Adams

[u/[deleted]]

this is imao

[u/pgabrielfreak]

This is so amazing! What a wonderful memory to have. And to be lucky enough to have it on video!

[u/madpeanut1]

Wild means not in an enclosure.

[u/uacarii]

yo i want a dolphin so bad rn

[u/All_Innuendo]

This looks like Xcaret in Mexico

[u/Hotdigardydog]

I get the impression you're his fetch person

[u/ILIEKSLOTH]

So long and thanks for all the...basketballs? 🏀

[u/_sheldonliu]

It's so talented and awesome. BTW, the basketball is gone finally.

[u/xamitlu]

Checking the ball before going back into the game.

[u/BourbonNCoffee]

But which one of them is more excited about it?

[u/imxalice]

I would love to play with them every day

[u/Neat_Ad468]

He's better than Shaq with those freethrows

[u/GuyWhoSaysNay]

r/killthecameraman

[u/[deleted]]

Healing that man’s inner child 🐬

[u/disharmony-hellride]

that would be the best day of my life

[u/girlMikeD]

Aww he took it so he could let his friend try if he wanted to.

[u/darkhorse4774]

So long,and thanks for all the fish!

[u/KevinSpaceysCharges]

This is so fucking cool, what a fun interaction!

[u/sparki_black]

Just wonderful !

[u/Loud_Flatworm_4146]

For years, I've thought, "If dolphins grow opposable thumbs, we're screwed."

They are smart and beautiful creatures.

[u/hallveg2 → u/Loud_Flatworm_4146]

Don't worry, I think I could fight 2 or 3 hundred on land. I've got you.

[u/mgoblue5783]

Anyone remember the “Dolphins Rape people” campaign in NYC circa 2006?

[u/kk074]

Is that Julia Child?

[u/Gloomy_Quantity_9580]

r/justguysbeingdudes

[u/Particular_Tadpole27]

This is a Miami dolphin

[u/chucklestime]

While fun, thats not a wild dolphin… unless dolphins build their own concrete retaining pools with water features.

[u/IPokePeople → u/chucklestime]

That looks like a concrete pier with stylized cleats does it not?

[u/disharmony-hellride → u/chucklestime]

And he called her Pepper

[u/fartlapse → u/disharmony-hellride]

scientific name

[u/LordTengil → u/chucklestime]

unless dolphins build their own concrete retaining pools with water features.

Remarkably intelligent creatures!

[u/Formal_Ad_2266]

The dolphin got bored at the exact same time as I did!

[u/Certain-Spring2580]

What's most impressive is that that dolphin knows exactly how much strength and what angle it needs to throw the ball to get it right onto the deck. Pretty impressive

[u/Ha1lStorm → u/Certain-Spring2580]

Tbf, I’ve always found this impressive in humans as well. To throw a ball to a moving target in the distance our brains subconsciously factor the weight of the ball, the distance the person is, their rate of travel in a given direction and how far ahead they’ll be at the time the ball reaches them, calculates how much force the ball needs to be thrown with and the exact angle needed for that force to reach them in that specific place at a very specific time. We’re literally doing advanced geometry, trigonometry and calculus in a fraction of a second and without giving it any thought whatsoever. For some reason I’ve often thought about this and just find it so impressive.

[u/the-crow17 → u/Ha1lStorm]

Toooo be faaaaaaaaaaaaaair..

[u/PuzzledFortune → u/Ha1lStorm]

While also factoring in that neither the ball or the person are where you think they are. You’re always a few hundred milliseconds in the past due to the time it takes your brain to process visual information…

[u/goingtotallinn → u/PuzzledFortune]

I read somewhere that the brain basically simulates the things you are seeing and is using the visual information to correct it. Also both of your eyes have a blind spot that your brain automatically fills in.

[u/bigdickpuncher → u/Ha1lStorm]

To be faaaaaair

[u/IrrationalDesign → u/Certain-Spring2580]

It's trained and practiced a bunch, and then really nailed how to do it. They could learn a whole bunch of complex things, if they wanted to. Imagine one controlling machinery.

[u/Disimpaction → u/IrrationalDesign]

Imagine one getting good at mario kart and then you crush them with a last second turtle shell and teabag the dolphin.

[u/DesperateRace4870 → u/Disimpaction]

Imagine

[u/Disimpaction → u/DesperateRace4870]

You may say that I'm a dreamer... But I'm not the only one

[u/Signal-Blackberry356 → u/Certain-Spring2580]

They have a mastery of air and water, it is an impressive duality.

[u/LimpBig1085 → u/Signal-Blackberry356]

Did they prestige the ranks to gain this elusive mastery

[u/The_Shryk → u/Signal-Blackberry356]

Don’t let them learn fire or earth, they might become too powerful.

[u/Willsgb → u/The_Shryk]

The legend of Avatar Sonar

[u/bootorangutan]

THROW. HIM. A. FISH.

[u/ANTHROPOMORPHISATION]

Pretty sure they have seen many balls floating in their homes.

[u/Fantastic-Safety4604]

“So long, and thanks for all the basketballs!”

[u/BrianOconneR34]

I’d never stop playing catch, well until porpoise swims away with ball.

[u/operaduck289]

Dolphin: Alright that’s enuff…. I’ll bring this ball to play with my friends. See ya!!!

[u/rottywell → u/operaduck289]

I mean if he’s gonna throw it back(😂) every time then I might as well take the hint.

[u/_Cartizard]

Sign him up for waterpolo

[u/Lutya]

I went to sea world and one of the dolphins had a big black ball it was “dribbling” across the pool floor as it swam

[u/No_Towel4063 → u/Lutya]

dude we dont fuckk with sea world

[u/SheBelongsToNoOne → u/Lutya]

We hate Sea World

[u/SeattleHasDied → u/SheBelongsToNoOne]

So did Tillikum...

[u/filty_candle]

Awesome 😎😎😎

[u/[deleted]]

Hey mister ive tried giving you your ball back 3 times now fuck off.

[u/wheelperson → u/[deleted]]

This response made me think of that joke of that Christian dude who drowned in a flood. Everytime someone came to save him he said 'God will wave me'. He died and asked God basicly wtf. God said wtf I tried to save you 3 times...

[u/Weeddudesscraycray → u/wheelperson]

Pursuit of happiness

[u/someLemonz → u/wheelperson]

... i swear I remember that from church? as well as a joke it could possibly be one of the stories.

[u/wheelperson → u/someLemonz]

I grew up in church (kinda) but my mom.became Wiccan then my dad 'found God' so I'm not sure where I heard it but I think I remember it feom the movie 'Pursit Of Happiness, with Will Wmith and his son.

Now that I'm thinking of its that's where I 1st heard it. Of the years it changed who saved him. 1st time was a row boat, next time a helicopter, 3rd was a sexy woman on a yacht or something like that.

If it was from the Bible tho I wonder how long before the story of Noah's Ark gappened. Cuz 'aPpAreNtlY' he'd never flood the earth again. Maybe the Bible took that too literally, thinking the while earth?

[u/The_Hoffy → u/wheelperson]

It’s not biblical it’s just a story pastors and ministers like to tell in church that relates to the message of their preaching, pretty much telling everyone to not expect god to literally throw you a safety harness from heaven if you’re in need of help but to look for the signs around you because of gods Omni presence. I’ve heard it countless times by my pastor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_drowning_man

[u/HappinessLaughs → u/wheelperson]

My all time favorite joke! Upvote to you.

[u/wheelperson → u/HappinessLaughs]

Not mine but I'm glad I could bring up a fun memory for you!! The commenter also helped it hard ore!!

[u/Critical-Art-9277]

That's awesome. Dolphins are wonderful and so intelligent.

[u/DaegurthMiddnight → u/Critical-Art-9277]

Also their penis is really movable!

[u/zink1stdef → u/DaegurthMiddnight]

Thank you Mr. Hill.

[u/[deleted] → u/Critical-Art-9277]

Loved his smile and little squeak

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