[CINC] Dolphin bubble rings

[Josh Kaye-Carr]

After seeing Scott Robertson¹s post on this intriguing bit of video, I did a
little checking of my own on its veracity. As Scott correctly points out,
http://www.snopes.com is a very good clearing house for checking into
potential urban legends. I did a search of their site and came up with the
following:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/dolphinrings.asp

It¹s exciting to see that this behavior is not only true, but documented in
the professional literature:

http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/bjmccowan/Pubs/McCowanetal.JCP.200
0.pdf

What amazing creatures!

Cheers,
Josh

Josh Kaye-Carr
Channel Islands Naturalist Corps
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Channel Islands National Park
Photo/Video/Media Support
National Park Service Diver

(805) 658-5700 x5919 - CHIS HQ
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josh at applexpert.com

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