in a parallel universe, the dolphins are watching this video in their recommended list

A dolphin accidentally bit my hand when I was five years old, he's submerged himself it didn't come back for a while because he felt stupid. I love that dolphin for having more apologetic concern than most human beings

The only thing holding dolphins back from making tools and building cities is their anatomy; they don't have thumbs or fingers. If they did however...

I hope that we will understand the dolphin speech before I die. THat's one my big dreams for human achievements.

That photograph of the dolphins, penguin, and bird all feeding on an anchovy ball is spectacular.

Dolphins are absolutely up to something. I don't know what is it is, but it's definitely something.

I wonder how a dolphin would react to video that went from being underwater to flying through the air over the ground so they can see what is beyond the coast line

Jotaro: Gosh i wish Dolphins Were real

I think the utmost important thing here to note is the fact that Dolphin captivity is NOT ok. Seaworld and parks alike are not places these amazing animals should be. Their intelligence is off the charts and they live their lives not all that dissimilar to ours. This goes for animals in general, but the dolphin species does an amazing job to make it obvious where they belong.

These pictures are amazing... Some of them almost seem like paintings.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

A friend and I were on a small island in the intercoastal waterway in Clearwater, Florida when I saw a mama and baby dolphin swim by. And they came back and forth a few times. Then I spotted about 10 grown dolphins heading straight toward them, sending a bait ball right at them. Then baby was able to make her own catch. That was amazing to watch the whole family teach the baby how to catch fish!! That magical moment was such a beautiful gift.

I live along the west coast of Florida. I frequently see dolphins, I think they are bottle nose but I'm not certain of the species. I see them more frequently in the winter. They like to come into the harbor where the water is more shallow and warm. There is a small pod that I frequently see visit the same spot. Along the sea wall there is a spot where the wall forms an ell. The water is perhaps about 6-10 feet deep and is near where pleasure craft are moored. It seems they have figured out how to trap fish in that ell in the sea wall. A couple of winters ago I watched a mother teach it's two calves (at least I assumed they were both hers or perhaps she was simply the designated teacher of the young i that pod) how to trap the fish along the sea wall. It was fun to watch. This past winter I saw the now much bigger two young dolphins on several occasions visit this spot and they continue to trap fish in that spot. They each and sometimes other dolphins with them but there is almost always those same two (they have distinctive markings on their dorsal fins that make it easy to recognize them) who do this and they swim out to where the docks are then turn around and corral fish against the sea wall then there is a sort of feeding frenzy. They repeat this perhaps half a dozen to a dozen times taking turns in various positions along the sea wall and between the docks getting the fish from different angles. There is always at least one that does most of the driving of the fish into position and the other who snatches them as they run into the wall then turn around and find they are trapped. Often the fish will jump out of the water and there is a dolphin waiting for it with mouth open. But back to the first winter I saw these two young dolphins. I was sitting on the edge of the sea wall watching them. My feet were perhaps about two feet from the surface of the water. One of the dolphins was playing with a two liter bottle that someone probably dumped over board from their boat. The two were tossing the bottle back and forth in a game of catch. After a while they seemed to get kind of brave. The mother was perhaps fifty feet from the sea wall swimming back and forth. the two little ones were getting closer and closer to the sea wall until one was less than five feet from me. All of a sudden I got recruited into the game of catch. One of the dolphins tossed the bottle up out of the water towards me and he had pretty good aim because I all had to do was reach out to catch the bottle. I looked at them then tossed the bottle to the other young dolphin who caught the bottle then tossed it to his sibling who then tossed it back to me. We did this about three or four times and then I realized it was probably not a good idea to let them have trash to play with so I kept the bottle the next time it was tossed to me. I am fairly certain this little game of theirs was a learned behavior. Perhaps someone tossed the bottle to them to see what they would do with it. Anyways they both got kind of vocal when they realized I wasn't returning their toy. That is when the mother swam over and guided them back out of the marina and back out into the main area of the harbor. I have seen them many times after that but I think they are angry with me because they have never come that close to me again though obviously they see me and recognize me. they always stick their head out and look at me for a moment then swim back to what they were doing ignoring me the rest o the time.. It's almost as though they are saying "Let's see who that is." then the see me and say "Oh it's HIM!" and then swim away. On another occasion at a different location I was fishing standing in about three feet of water when a very young dolphin, probably very curious swam right up to me. I could see the pod of about half a dozen dolphins perhaps about fifty feet away where the water was about four feet deep. They were probably doing the same thing I was doing. So this little dolphin was so tiny I could have easily picked it up and held it in my arms and I'm not sure it wouldn't have let me if I tried. It got within maybe three or four feet of me and watched intently as I baited my hook and then cast out the line. It went over to where the bait was and kind of circled for a while then swam back to me and watched some more and then I caught a fish and reeled it in. It was too small for me to keep legally so I tossed it back in the water. Of course I showed it to the baby dolphin and then tossed in to where he could easily get it which he did. It's not legal to actually feed a dolphin but it's also not legal to keep an undersized fish. I had to toss it back. So I tossed it more or less away from the dolphin but being the smart creatures they are this one swam right over and easily caught the fish which was most likely disoriented and stunned from having just been caught on a hook. I caught two more undersized fish and tossed both of them back and this youngster snatched both of them as well. But then I caught my dinner, put it into my bucket, bid the little dolphin goodbye and turned around and left. I looked back once to see him return to the pod. I have to guess that he must have interacted with other humans already as not one member of the pod seemed that upset that he swam over to a human. Not one made a move to retrieve him though they did seem to be rather occupied most likely fishing themselves and maybe they simply didn't notice the youngster wandering off. I have noticed dolphins hanging around the fishing pier hoping for a hand out. They seem to be very aware of the baited hooks being cast out as I have never seen one get hooked. They stay just out of reach of where the lines are cast. Sometimes they approach up close to the pier which is about three feet out of the water but only approach the part of the pier where the fishermen don't cast from. I think they have the whole thing figured out and know exactly what the fishermen are doing and know exactly where to lay in wait for fish who don't understand that those little fish they are chasing are attached to fishing lines. I have seen many dolphins chase fish and catch them around the fishing pier but never do any get close to where the fishermen cast out their lines. I have seen many of them "spy hop" and watch the fishermen and other people at the pier. One eyeballed me for five strait minutes while I eyeballed him back. Ever have a staring contest with a dolphin? They will win every time. It is my observation that dolphins are opportunistic feeders. Like human, each group has figured out how to obtain food in their area and each group has come up with their own strategies and techniques and they teach those to their young. I have personally witnessed half a dozen different feeding behaviors in just a three mile radius along the shore. There must be hundreds or perhaps even thousands of different feeding behaviors among all the different species of dolphins around the world.

That photo of the Dusky Dolphins with the bird and penguin 🐧 was an absolutely incredible photo

Most of those intelligence tests were simple simon tests that basically insult the dolphins intelligence. We will never know how smart they are until we can have two way communication with them. The most intelligent thing I have seen from a dolphin is a wild dolphin that had a fishnet stuck on him go to a diver for help. That is active thinking that also requires the intuition to know the diver is equally intelligent. It takes intelligence to recognize intelligence.

I love dolphins I feel like they are so magical.

If reincarnation is real, part of me wants to believe that we are reincarnated as dolphins and that's why they have such a unique relationship with us. They can't speak the same language they did in their former life, so they do their best with their current abilities. They play like we do. Socialize like we do. Form families like we do. They seem just as interested to communicate with us as we are with them. It's seriously mind blowing stuff. To me they are more magical than the sheer idea of creatures like mermaids possibly existing. I am really so obsessed with them xD

So a lady who has a universal dolphin translator. Sweet!

The illusion of human separateness makes us surprised that anything else of the universe can be intelligent. Everything in the universe is as intelligent as the next thing just in different ways. I think it's our arrogance that makes us more intrigued by animals with a similar intelligence of our own.

Great presentation! Brian Skerry's pictures are mesmerizing

that CHAT language gizmo is incredible. how clever. to think one day there could be a 2 way complex conversation.

dolphins, orcas, elephants, dogs, pigeons, bees: animals i think are better than the homo sapien... seriously, i'm so biased against my own species lol

This was an informative and interesting video, GOOD JOB ! Thank you for sharing it with us.

But can they tell us why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

Also they can translate emotions verbally with this echo location. It is absolutely mind blowing when you think about it.

I see these guys up close a few times a week where I live and it never gets old, I absolutely love them😍

Dolphins are such amazing animals, this is why they are my favourite.

Imagine this, we have two eyes that observe the same type of light, and your brain decodes that information, and turns it into a picture. Dolphins also have 2 eyes that do this exact thing, however, dolphins also have sonar. So they convert light to visual information, and they convert sound to visual information. This means that their visual cortex is by far more powerful than ours, because they turn both light and sound, from 3 receptive points, into 1 image in their mind. it's really amazing!

I wonder if they are able to inquire things. Do they know we are trying to learn from them? If they could ask us questions about what we are and why we are doing these tests, that would be absolutely stunning...

4:39 lol I bet they have a concept of the super hero *BAT-DOLPHIN*

Surprised no one made a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy joke yet.

I bet even dolphins are smarter than most of the kids that play fortnite xD

I see that you read one of my thesis

Imagine what they could do if they weren't limited to the ocean or had fingers that can grasp like us! Fascinating to know we aren't the only sentient life on our own planet.

Thank You! That was an awesome talk!

Absolutely STUNNING pictures... they gave me a lot of aesthetic pleasure.... (and I am a photographer, now retired..... "effyleven" geddit?)

Thank you, National Geographic. Keep up the good works!!!!

This is a prime example of when Ted Talks crams a big topic into far too little space of time.

Thanks you very much for sharing this info. 😍

Gorgeous photos and amazing animals

Dolphins are great, I love them.

Diane meant to say that their brains are second in size to humans when body size is taken into account. Their brains are are larger than human brains. I'm with Lilly on the subject of brain/body ratio. He theorized that large brains need large bodies to protect the brain from brain damage. Also, the dolphin brain is 40 percent larger than humans in the areas that separate humans from apes.

Why not make a sports game underwater, lets say quidditch ish with rings. Give the winner team rewards and see if the develop new strategies.

Amazing video. Thanks. Dolphins are the best for sure

4:51 DR KUJO- SORRY MY BRAIN BUT I HEARD

that translator is mind blowing

Very nice, thank you!

This video is simply mind-blowing.

These are amazing photographs. Dolphins are magnificent creatures. Philosopher Thomas White did ask if dolphins are "persons" and according to the criteria (among them, being alive, aware, intelligent, communicative, emotive) then it is a yes, they are. There's a lot more to know about them. These visuals help, very informative and beautiful. And so thank you from this landlubber lol.

I for one welcome our Dolphin overlords

This is amazing.

Videos are always amazing and Beautiful.

This video was both educational and fascinating. The sea is full of magic, and the sea creatures is adorable. I regret not studying to be a marine biologist. :(((((

Nice and interesting. Our aquatic Einsteins living there fascinating lives.

Those photographs are incredible

I suspect they compose amazing poetry!

Angel of the sea, love them too.

Smarter than we realized? Should we really feel that surprised about it?

Amazing creation.

Amzing vido, thanks so much

beautiful

This is what Jotaro watches

That Feast picture was like the last supper for animals lol

I've seen dolphins in St Pete Beach it's great to see them in the water free swimming I've also seen them at Hudson Beach Florida

Remember the Simpsons episode where dolphins returned to the land and took over and enslaved the human race.........

I'd like to find a dolphin with an interest in philosophy or the history of their habitat. If we're going to talk about intelligence, we've gotta find individual dolphins with academic interests. I for one think they're fully capable of conceptualizing those sorts of things

Great, just wonderful!!💓💛💚💙💜😷

Really nice presentation ☺️

I wonder what dolphins think of us.

For that 2nd test, the best way to do it would be to only show it to one Dolphin first. Then that Dolphin would have to communicate the information to the other before they could co-operate.

That is awesome!

WOWWWWW Even more Mind Blown! This tech needs to evolve, along with the presence of dolphins,....the dolphins need to evolve this tech! Show us how to use it!

I've fallen down the Dolphin Hole.

I have logged more than 2 hours per day over a 2 year period swimming with Wild Spinner Dolphins. Spintaneous encounters where the Dolphins actually approached me with leaves on their fins in a very deliberate and socially inviting manner, inviting play and teaching me. I have many stories to share about what I saw in the water with them. Beyond anything that we may currently think possible for a human being to share with a wild animal. I believe I was blessed with those profound exoeriences because I never expected the dolphins to play my human games. I enter the Ocean on their terms, by their invitation. I lay very still sometimes in the water anf just feel love and srnd love. Often when I open my eyes the dolphins come like a platoon through the water and begin deliberate play. I have experienced 120 hours of spontaneous interactions at sea in South-Africa when I was a Marine Asset Manager, every encounter was unique and nithing I could have planned or imagined.

So long and thanks for all the fish!

Wow! I had no idea how intelligent dolphins could be. They are so cool.

Probably smarter than some people

🎶So long and thanks for all the fish!🎶

Brilliant!

They are highly intelligent!! I love them. Hi Flipper. ♥️

You made jotaro happy

when someone manages to translate "so long, and thanks for all the fish", ill be able to die happy. someday.... also, that podium reminds me of jeopardy.

I love these creatures

The mud thing uses the Fibonacci sequence

It wonder if this will become easier when they, with their smart minds, realize that our strange behavior and tools when we're around them, is because we want to understand them.

These pictures are AMAZING 😍 🐬 🐬

Dolphins are nice little fish, look at their gumdrop smiles.

For me, Orcas are the most beautiful creatues, love them sooo much!

i think a Dolphin should have a Reality Show in Dolphinese (ook ook snort ook kree).

Would have been cool to capture footage of wild dolphins working with fishermen in Brazil...

sounds have a dupl3x that location caries as eye sight in space....

A pod of dolphins once approached the Navy ship I was serving on we were at full speed and they only came up to the side ppl were on and they hung out for about a minute then simultaneously took off much faster than we could go on our big bad ship. I swear they were laughing at us showing is who was truly free

Somewhere, a dolphin is thinking "what did that lady just say to me?" You have to be careful when learning new languages. Once I wanted to tell a Hispanic landscape crew to please NOT share their lunch with my dogs. My syntax must have been flawed, given the horrified looks I got. Turned out, I had asked them not to EAT my dogs. My bad!

About the dolphins using the mud ring technique, he says that this has never been photographed before. In fact, in the BBC documentary LIFE it has been photographed and videographed in detailed HD three years earlier.

So long, so long, and thanks for all the fish!

I spend a lot of time on Guam when I'm tired of Manila. I've had dolphins come up to me several times when I was snorkeling the bomb holes. Beautiful animals.

“The CHAT”. Really?

Read a novel by Hank Searls, "Sounding." It is purely fiction, adventure, and an easy read, but suggests what cetaceans may think of humans, how they may perceive us. It is a different perspective. The book is long out of print, but Amazon might have it.

I found this extremely interesting

Omg it's a real life translation collar from UP.