# Ya gotta like dolphins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gotta-like-dolphins/276284>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 23, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gotta-like-dolphins/276284 "2004-11-23T15:19:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gotta-like-dolphins/276284/1 "2004-11-23T15:19:57Z")

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[Dolphin story](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041123/od_nm/life_newzealand_dolphins_dc&e=2&ncid=757)

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gotta-like-dolphins/276284/2 "2004-11-23T15:27:50Z")

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Just a friendly tip: people are much more likely to follow a link if they have _some_ clue as to what it is about (beyond “dolphins” that is.)

That said, it’s a pretty cool story:

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> WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) - A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark, media reported on Tuesday.

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gotta-like-dolphins/276284/3 "2004-11-23T15:59:08Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> Just a friendly tip: people are much more likely to follow a link if they have _some_ clue as to what it is about (beyond “dolphins” that is.)

Thanks, I must be getting lazy in my old age.

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gotta-like-dolphins/276284/4 "2004-11-23T16:35:47Z")

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It’s like when that noble dolphin intercepted the third missle headed for Batman and Robin on the buoy in the 1966 movie. It’s so touching.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-gotta-like-dolphins/276284/5 "2004-11-23T17:14:55Z")

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You beat me to it.

This is so cool! Who says humans are the only intelligent life on the planet!