A Biologist on an Underwater Scooter Delights Young Dolphins 🐬 Animals at Play | Smithsonian Channel

A marine biologist uses an underwater scooter to attract a group of young spotted dolphins, testing the boundaries of their play. For a long time, biologists thought that playtime was a functionless activity. But now we know it’s a way for young animals to develop their bodies-and in the case of spotted dolphins, a valuable way to reinforce bonds.
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[@donnakawana]

The thing I find amazing is when I'm in my boat an a pod of dolphins swims by you can hear them communicating an playing... I love them so much...

[@gailhasler8435]

Absolutely right 👍👍

[@evalevy2909]

This looks like fun!

[@gailhasler8435]

What amazing mammals! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😍🥰

[@antheadevilliers1126]

Beautiful creatures

[@jamescarmody5472]

i love dolphins this just brightened my day!

[@Scraggledust]

Perfect to watch while stuck inside hiding. Hiding from 40-43C degree temps all week. Stay cool everyone!

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

Arizona?

[@ayaka4926]

whenever i see dolphins, time seems to come at a stand still...

[@clivesmith9377]

What we need is an interspecies translator, like the one on Star Trek 🙂

[@kripaharris237]

See the video The Animal Communicator on utube
Anna Breytenbach is the real deal

[@TheWepwawet]

Not sure, the like to torture small animals and groupal rapes of females

[@samanthasmith2500]

Cheeky little slashers

[@boson2916]

Surprised to see one unspotted dolphin engaged in play with the spotted group, maybe the social behavior enriches their intelligence 3:02 🐬🖤🐬 .

[@venezzrok871]

You should dump 1 goal in the water, en try and grab the sea plant from one of them and race it to one goal...

[@Yvettes3.14]

Love it! ❤️

[@gland1830]

The higher the intelligence, the more important play becomes.

[@drupiROM]

I always wondered how their skin feels when you pet them.

[@DrMelody8]

What an awesome "job" to have! In regards to the phrase "wasting time playing": LOL! This is a laughably limited human judgement/perspective. They're doing what nature created them to do. Passing our human judgement on whether their behaviour serves a purpose is superfluous and redundant.

[@Hallands.]

Another pathetic scientist stating "we don’t have all the answers yet"!
No! And you never will…