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When you spend your life in the water, I guess you tend to develop a good intuition for its subtleties. Dolphins have been observed to create bubble rings by exhaling air carefully in the middle of the vortices caused by the motion of their fins through the water, among other techniques. Besides... more

Reviewed by arieshu Jan 22 2008, 07:39pm ( 18 reviews ) • thethinkingblog.com

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Rated by Gadget-Geek on Jan 27 2008, 11:25am

Very smart... excellent video
Rated by miguelstil on Jan 24 2008, 11:03am

Cute dolphins! Love them!
Rated by firewalker06 on Jan 23 2008, 7:32am

Rich of interesting facts.
Rated by merkal2005 on Jan 22 2008, 10:13pm

From the page: "Dolphins Finally Invent The Wheel"
Reviewed by fastfastlane on Jan 22 2008, 8:47pm

Dolphins are such intelligent and friendly creatures!
Rated by arieshu on Jan 22 2008, 7:39pm

When you spend your life in the water, I guess you tend to develop a good intuition for its subtleties. Dolphins have been observed to create bubble rings by exhaling air carefully in the middle of the vortices caused by the motion of their fins through the water, among other techniques. Besides being nice to look at (and a neat demonstration of fluid mechanics), this phenomenon also might throw some light on dolphin cognition, since the skill to create the rings is a bit subtle and tends to be taught from one dolphin to the next via careful observation and practice.
Rated by edwardmills on Jan 22 2008, 7:03pm

Dolphins are amazing!

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