Swiming with Dolphins

ace101

Can anyopne tell me if it's possible to swim with Dolphins in Ireland or the UK

Cheers,
Ace101

Dave!

Sure! Ya just gotta find them. Go swimming in the sea, and bring some raw fish, I find that helps

ace101

Not really mate, anyone else

Ickle Magoo

What about a swim with Dusty? http://www.irishdolphins.com/

BlitzKrieg

why would you wanna swim with the little rapists?

itchy_feet

I think you can swim with Fungi. He's the long established anti-social dolphin that hangs around Dingle.

To be honest I wouldn't swim with him, he's a big massive, menacing looking yoke and by nature dolphins are social animals...what the hell is he doing on his tod?

Black Swan

Something you can do in Florida, USA, in the Keys.

RandomOne

The irishdolphin site Magoo pointed you to gives you loads of info on known dolphins on the West Coast of Ireland who will tolerate humans in their space. It also has a lot of good advice for the safety of you and the dolphins. If you're going to do it, remember you're on their "patch" so at a massive disadvantage if you mess up in some way.

http://www.irishdolphins.com/webpilot/list/details.asp?contentid=54&l=10

http://www.irishdolphins.com/webpilot/list/details.asp?contentid=61&l=10

...and more.

Gone West

itchy_feet wrote:

I think you can swim with Fungi. He's the long established anti-social dolphin that hangs around Dingle.

To be honest I wouldn't swim with him, he's a big massive, menacing looking yoke and by nature dolphins are social animals...what the hell is he doing on his tod?

rofl.
Fungi is simply the name given to any Dolphin seen anywhere in the vicinity of Kerry.
There are many Fungis. Its just that very occasionally, a dolphin will swim into Dingle bay and the crowds go wild. Usually around summer time. He/they was out last week in Dingle, but you can't really go swimming with him/them. Its the atlantic like. Its a big ocean, and its hard to keep up with a dolphin...

Swimming with dolphins (unless theyre in captivity which is pretty cruel) is a sort of American myth.

BlitzKrieg

esp...seeing as they can be violent buggers.

they rape each other in the blowhole for dominance for god's sake...how can you admire an animal that rapes others in the BLOWHOLE!

OSiriS

I swam with a Dolphin north of Lahinch, might have been Dusty. Very friendly, when it saw I was reluctant to rub it it swam repeatedly between my arm and my body until I got the message:P

padi89

BlitzKrieg wrote:

esp...seeing as they can be violent buggers.

they rape each other in the blowhole for dominance for god's sake...how can you admire an animal that rapes others in the BLOWHOLE!

You have a strange way of looking at things.Dont confuse the animal kingdom with humanity.

BlitzKrieg

i'm not...dolphins actually rape each other's blowholes as a form of showing dominance.

monkeyfudge

Yep.. it's all true... Dolphins are total jerks.

Go frolic with some monkeys instead.

BlitzKrieg

all they do is throw shlt at you...

monkeyfudge

What do Dolphins do with their sh*t then?

I don't trust any creature that is secretive about it's sh*t.

gerire

Bring someone with you who is pregnant for a real up close experience, Dolphins are attracted by the 2 heartbeats and get all protective and up close and personal with you
http://www.apostropher.com/blog/archives/002077.html

ndeed, dolphins are fascinated with pregnant women, honing in on the unborn fetus.

Its a fantastic experience, I done it in NZ it was amazing enjoy

johnp

gerire wrote:

Bring someone with you who is pregnant for a real up close experience, Dolphins are attracted by the 2 heartbeats and get all protective and up close and personal with you
http://www.apostropher.com/blog/archives/002077.html


Its a fantastic experience, I done it in NZ it was amazing enjoy

I did it in Kaikoura in New Zealand as well. Unbelievable experience.

FatherTed

Did that just the week before last in Jamaica. It was ok, the kids got more of kick of it than me.

padi89

BlitzKrieg wrote:

i'm not...dolphins actually rape each other's blowholes as a form of showing dominance.

So what if they do? Its nature,dont think humans run the risk of being buggered by dolphins..Its not like rape in the human world but the way you word it you would swear you think its the equivelent.;)

monkeyfudge

padi89 wrote:

So what if they do? Its nature,dont think humans run the risk of being buggered by dolphins..Its not like rape in the human world but the way you word it you would swear you think its the equivelent.;)

If it's unwanted sexual penetration, then it's rape no matter what species you are.

padi89

monkeyfudge wrote:

If it's unwanted sexual penetration, then it's rape no matter what species you are.

It looks like rape to us as humans but is not nessecarily the case in the animal kingdom.

"Some animals appear to exhibit behaviors which resemble rape in humans, in particular combining sexual intercourse with violent assault, such as are observed in ducks, geese, and certain species of dolphins. It is difficult to determine to what extent the idea of rape can be extended to intercourse in animal species, as the defining attribute of rape in humans is the lack of informed consent, which is difficult to determine in animals".
Taken from Wiki.

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FuzzyLogic wrote:

Swimming with dolphins (unless theyre in captivity which is pretty cruel) is a sort of American myth.

?????

OSiriS wrote:

I swam with a Dolphin north of Lahinch, might have been Dusty. Very friendly, when it saw I was reluctant to rub it it swam repeatedly between my arm and my body until I got the message:P

End of the day Dolphins are wild animals not at all like Flipper. While I've heard of a lot of people swimming with the Dolphin near Lahinch it's not always been good.

http://www.iwdg.ie/articles.asp?art=1435
http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2004/09/24/story271830269.asp

gerire wrote:

Bring someone with you who is pregnant for a real up close experience

Sounds like a great idea.

monkeyfudge

padi89 wrote:

It is difficult to determine to what extent the idea of rape can be extended to intercourse in animal species, as the defining attribute of rape in humans is the lack of informed consent, which is difficult to determine in animals".

That sounds like an excuse a zoophile would use.

padi89

monkeyfudge wrote:

That sounds like an excuse a zoophile would use.

Or an expert opinion from a zoologist.Not some random on boards.ie especially in after hours;) where you are probably likely to find zoophiles.I will agree to disagree.

BlitzKrieg

funny thing, it was a zoologist who told me that nice little fact...

padi89

BlitzKrieg wrote:

funny thing, it was a zoologist who told me that nice little fact...

I presume then when Lions take over a new pride and kill all the cubs they are murderers?

Bakharwaldog

There used to be this dolphin in fanore in co.clare that used to come into this little inlet thing and u used to be able to swim with him...he was only a young one so he wasnt too big...i swam with him a couple of years ago...cool experience allthough id say it wasnt that cool for the dolphin...probably lost from its group, and now being groped by the 20 od people trying to swim with him...lol....but yeah try fanore...

BlitzKrieg

padi89 wrote:

I presume then when Lions take over a new pride and kill all the cubs they are murderers?

well seeing as they are wiping out the entire family line of the previous alpha male...it could be argued as a form of genocide?




back to the real world.

All I am is passing on what I was told by Zoologist...dont get snappy with me. But I can ask him would he consider lions murderers, so i'll get back to you on that one.

monkeyfudge

I know a couple of ostriches that are big into credit card fraud.

padi89

BlitzKrieg wrote:

well seeing as they are wiping out the entire family line of the previous alpha male...it could be argued as a form of genocide?




back to the real world.

All I am is passing on what I was told by Zoologist...dont get snappy with me. But I can ask him would he consider lions murderers, so i'll get back to you on that one.

I was actually going to say genocide but i thought it was a bit far fetched.

Snappy,what are you on about?

Get back to me if you want,its up to yourself.I find it quiet honourable that you are going to take time out especially for me,thanks.

nialo

West coast is a grand place to do it. Between mayo and donegal you will find them pretty easily if ur out and about. Dived with them before and swam with them afterwards in Mullaghmore. They hung around for ages then they were just gone. Really cool thing to do thou!

stovelid

Think thats at Fanore? Just past Ballyvaughan in north Clare. We've seen a friendly dolphin come very close to shore there on a few ocassions but not often.

OSiriS wrote:

I swam with a Dolphin north of Lahinch, might have been Dusty. Very friendly, when it saw I was reluctant to rub it it swam repeatedly between my arm and my body until I got the message:P

stovelid

apologies CKM, didnt see this before I posted

c_k_m wrote:

There used to be this dolphin in fanore in co.clare that used to come into this little inlet thing and u used to be able to swim with him...he was only a young one so he wasnt too big...i swam with him a couple of years ago...cool experience allthough id say it wasnt that cool for the dolphin...probably lost from its group, and now being groped by the 20 od people trying to swim with him...lol....but yeah try fanore...