You Don't Know Shit About Dolphins

I sent out an email to a select group of friends about 3 minutes ago asking them to email me ANYTHING they knew about dolphins, just from recall.  While I wait for them to respond, I'll tell you what I know.

• Like humans, they are mammals. 
• They have blowholes. 
• They can leap out of water. 

That may be about it.  Really.  I mean everything else I can think of is more of a feeling I have about them...like they are super cute and seem like they are having fun jumping around and if I ever saw one up close while swimming in the ocean, I'd freak out because I'd think it was a shark.  I am going to ask Woody what he knows. (Woody sits close to me at work. He is a generally agreeable person. As a surfer, he may have relevant data. Let's see.)

• They are smart (no evidence offered)
• They are the only mammals that have sex for recreational purposes, humans not included.
• They protect humans from sharks sometimes (sounds like a surfer's tall tale)
• They communicate with each other
• They travel in pods (editors note: this is their collective noun - POD. A group of owls is called a Parliment. A Parliment of Owls. A group of crows - A murder of crows.  Lesbians - A pack. A pack of lesbians.)

That is a nice amount of information. Thanks Woody.  You get a picture in today's blog for playing along.

JenDM has responded with some dubious information, she claims that all dolphins are gay and that they prefer it bareback. Hmmm. Let's not dismiss this data outright, but let's not take it as gospel.

Ritee also just replied, saying that dolphins are smart. This is the second "smart" I've gotten. This
automatically makes this true. (FYI - She doesn't even know Woody. ) Also, she says that all the dolphins at Sea World are on Prozac.

Juli says: They are grey. Definitively, this is all she can say. Unfortunately, she is wrong.
  

Ok. That's all we know, collectively.