chiajungchi, creator of dolphin video

http://www.youtube.com/user/chiajungchi
Views: 3,080,925
From: chiajungchi
Added: December 16, 2007

This video is dedicated to the best employee at Sea World, Orlando.

The music is "No One is Alone from Into the Woods" (Instrumental) by John Williams; The Boston Pops Orchestra. From the Album Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990 CD.
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***** Something About The Dolphin Video *****

When I took this video, my feeling was mixed. On one hand I was totally amazed by the intelligence level displayed on these dolphins. On the other hand I was a little bit sad on where these intelligent beings are - the captive environment. This somewhat peaceful yet depressing music on the background seems fully express my mixed feelings. When I try to write the description for the video, it strikes me that we all like dolphin - live in somewhat constrained environment whether it is our choice or not. Suddenly it inspired me that we should learn from this dolphin to enjoy the live no matter where our circumstance is and to use our intelligence to the highest possible level it could be. To respect these dolphins, I decide to call them the employees at Sea World. And this video is especially dedicated to the best employee at Sea World.

Age: 36
Country: United States

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11/24/08 Message from: chiajungchi

Re: Re: your comment on dolphin video

Let me share the story of how the video got here instead of declaring to you "I am the creator of the video". It all linked back to our son, he is 8 month old at that time (Dec. 2007). We live in Greensboro, NC and were originated from Taiwan. We plan to have a trip to Taiwan next year and were worrying about how the baby is going to cope with the trip. So we decided to take a trip to Orlando first so we could have a better planning for our long trip latter. I have a coworker his name is Chris Arries. His wife worked at Discovery Cove that belongs to the same enterprise as Sea World. She had some free admission vouchers for Sea World and kindly gave them to us. To be honest, we would not be at Sea World at that time if not because of the free admission vouchers. To cut the story short, we were at Sea World in dolphin pool area. The baby was mounted on my shoulder and we walked down to the observation site of the dolphin pool. I suddenly saw the amazing scene – dolphin playing bubble rings. I was not sure where the bubble rings coming from but knew this is an extraordinary scene. I passed the baby to the mom and got my Canon S3 digital camera to start the video recording. The dolphin must know people were watching them and was doing the show for us. I am not sure how many dolphins could do the trick. It could be only one that is really good at this. Anyway, he blowed the bubble ring in front of us and redirected the ring to keep it in front of us. At that moment, I know the whole trip is going to be different. My feeling at that moment is hard to describe. Probably awesome is the right word for it. Just when I thought they will continue doing this forever, it suddenly stopped. There were no more dolphins in front of us. We wait there for a while and eventually came out from the observation site. Once we saw the dolphin again on the dolphin pool then we understood why they all disappeared. They were busy on having their meal. It’s the feeding time!

After back to Greensboro, I could not wait to share what I saw to the world. I happened to have a youtube account that is used to share our baby’s video to relatives and friends. I have not edited any video before but feel I need put some music to cover the noise recorded with the video. Because of the baby, we went to library and check out some CDs every week to let him listen on different music. I started listening through CDs checked out from library and feel one seems match the feeling of the video best. Without paying too much attention on the title of the music, the video was edited and uploaded to youtube website. The CD was returned to library the next week. On January 2008, the video was featured on youtube. People start asking about what the title of the music is. I told them I do not know. Eventually, someone like you found it out and emailed the information to me. Since then, if someone sent me a personal message to asking about the music I would response back to them the information. Sorry for not be able to response back to you the information and let you spend some time to figuring it out.

Jack Chi

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My reply, Nov. 4, 2008: What an incredible, wonderful story you have told, and an experience you have witnessed and recorded. This is absolutely amazing! I live in Oxford NC, 45 minutes East of Durham and Duke University. I live in Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala half the time - and hopefully more this coming year.

PLEASE be sure to let me know if you are coming our way before I leave for Guatemala on Dec 14th. I'll be back in the Spring if you aren't coming this way before I go. Write me anytime at my real email ctodd1000@gmail.com. What a great story, especially about the music. Someone somehow recognized the piece and posted it on the internet where I found it. You have no idea (or maybe you do!) of the phenomena you have created with this tiny little beautiful video. It reminds me of my other email friend, Eggman913, who did the wonderful "Women in Art" video. Have you seen that one?

Write more anytime. I hope you can post this whole story you told me in the video notes or somewhere where others can enjoy it. It's just great. What an incredible experience. I've had a few magical mystical experiences myself with animals and nature, but I've never seen anything like this. Have you found out if any other dolphins at Discovery Cove are doing this? What do they say about the video and the dolphin activity?

Thanks so much for writing...

Your friend in magical wonder, Catherine Todd, Oxford NC, 919.693.0853, ctodd1000@gmail.com

Bottle-Nosed Dolphins' Aggressive Behavior

Bottle-Nosed Dolphins' Aggressive Behavior


Bottle-nosed dolphins have long had the image of being intelligent guardians of the sea who speak their own language, enjoy the company of humans, and have even saved shipwrecked sailors from certain doom by leading them to land. Although these frolicking mammals may look friendly with their toothy smiles and playful gestures, marine biologists in mid-1999 were learning that dolphins also have a dark side that may include the capacity to kill.



In Shark Bay, on the coast of Western Australia, researchers from the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth have observed gangs of male dolphins harassing and intimidating sexually receptive mature female dolphins. The researchers, led by biologist Richard Connor, documented several cases in which male dolphins, working in groups of twos and threes, “kidnapped” females from other dolphin groups. The females were then held captive for as long as one month.

This behavior appeared to be rooted in something other than simply aggressive tendencies. Based on observations of male dolphins in Shark Bay he had made since the 1980's, Connor believes that these gangs of male dolphins may be one of the few examples in nature in which the males of a species form stable long-term bonds with one another. In some cases, those bonds last more than 10 years.

Shark Bay, part of the Indian Ocean, has the largest sea grass beds in the world. The beds contain an abundance of fish and, because of the food source, a large number of dolphins. Because of this high concentration of dolphins, Connor and his team of researchers were able to study the formation and interactions of male social groups from boats in the clear waters.

Studying A Large Gang of Dolphins

As part of one two-year study that began in 1995, Connor studied a “supergang” of 14 adult male bottle-nosed dolphins in Shark Bay. Although he had studied other groups of dolphins that teamed up in twos or threes, this appeared to be an alliance of several smaller gangs united to form the supergang.

Connor reported that this alliance was the first documented evidence that male dolphins would form not only primary but also secondary social bonds—‘bonds extending beyond an original group to encompass new individuals‘—to fight rival males and stalk potential mates. Connor reported that during the course of his two-year study, as he and his associates observed the supergang, the dolphins never lost a fight.

Many biologists considered Connor's findings interesting because in most mammals, such as elephants, whales, and many species of apes, the females usually establish closer social alliances than males do. Typically, the females of a species are more cooperative, less violent, and more likely to use complex vocalizations than males. With some animals, such as killer whales, the social bonds among females are so strong that female calves never leave their mothers.

Aggressive Behavior Toward Captive Females

Although Connor's research revealed that male dolphins form cooperative units, the purpose of these units is very different from those of the females of the species. For the male dolphins, the motivation is purely sexual. The roving groups of males observed by Connor would almost always mate with their female captives, either individually or several at a time, during the course of the females' captivity. In some cases, the teams of male dolphins would ram and bite the females to prevent them from escaping.

However, Connor said that his research found no evidence that male dolphins ever forced female dolphins to mate. In fact, some females did not seem to be bothered by being herded around by their male cohorts. But by outnumbering the females, Connor said, the male gangs do bully, and may injure, females with powerful blows from their beaks or sharp teeth.

Such aggression is not uncommon in mammals. But what amazed Connor and his colleagues was how organized the dolphins' aggressive behavior was. Connor said the herding of females by male gangs may be, in part, a reaction to female promiscuity. Biologists know that female dolphins are very sexually active and may want to mate with as many males as they can. Some researchers thus speculated that herding by male gangs is a strategy to prevent females from reproducing with rival dolphins. In this way, a male alliance may increase the chances that the group's members will breed the next generation of dolphins.

Contrary Views On Herding Behavior

However, not all biologists agreed that herding females is a successful reproductive tactic—‘or even that it is a common type of behavior. Other research has shown that dolphins seem to have highly complex social orders that vary widely from place to place. For example, captive bottle-nosed dolphins do not form roving gangs. In fact, herding and supergangs have not been documented in any dolphin populations except those in Shark Bay.

Moreover, some studies have revealed that female dolphins have many strategies to control with which male dolphin they will conceive with. Because females dolphins spend three to six years raising a single calf, they tend to be very selective about who sires their offspring. Marine biologists said it would take genetic testing to establish patterns of paternity among the Shark Bay dolphins and evaluate the success of male herding behavior and violence in dolphin reproduction.

Dolphin Attacks On Harbor Porpoises

Although herding may be confined to the coast of Australia, biologists have reported that other types of aggressive dolphin behavior are more widespread than many people believe. Only bottle-nosed dolphins, however, have been observed to show these mysteriously violent tendencies. In the late 1990's, researchers in Virginia and Scotland were surprised by the discovery of several instances of extreme violence by bottle-nosed dolphins.

Some of the first evidence of dolphin brutality began washing up on the shores of Moray Firth, a large bay on the northeast coast of Scotland, in 1990. Researchers found hundreds of harbor porpoise carcasses on the beach. The bodies did not look badly injured, but when scientists performed autopsies, they discovered that all the bodies had sustained serious injuries. Most of the dead porpoises had fractured bones, ripped tissue, and bruised organs.

Researchers originally theorized that boat propellers or fishing nets might have been responsible for the death of the porpoises. But in 1994, researchers discovered a dead porpoise with fresh bite marks. Scientists measured the marks and discovered that they exactly matched the spacing of the teeth on an adult bottle-nosed dolphin. Why the dolphins were killing porpoises was a mystery, since the two animals do not compete for the same fish for food.

Killing Their Young

The mystery deepened when the bodies of young dolphins bearing the same kinds of wounds also began washing up on Scottish beaches. By 1998, the researchers concluded that bottle-nosed dolphins were killing not only young porpoises but also their own babies.

Such incidents of infanticide (the killing of an infant) among dolphins were not confined to Scotland. In Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the late 1990's, biologists found other battered carcasses of baby bottle-nosed dolphins washed up with the tides. All of the bodies had wounds similar to those seen on the bodies of the porpoises and dolphins in Scotland.

The researchers reported that all of the dead baby dolphins discovered in the United States and Scotland were less than 1 year old, an age at which the infants are normally under the full-time care of their mothers. Instead, somehow, these baby dolphins had been bitten and bludgeoned to death by adults.

Because male and female dolphins look nearly identical, teams of researchers have been unable to determine whether it was males or females who were killing the young. But some biologists have speculated that adult males were doing the killing. They based their conclusion on the fact that infanticide among other animals is more commonly committed by males.

In addition, scientists know that a female dolphin, while caring for her calf, can remain sexually inactive for several years. But a female becomes fertile and ready to mate within one to two weeks of losing an infant. Therefore, researchers speculated that killing a mother's calf might be a male strategy designed not only to destroy the offspring of a rival but also to bring the female into a sexually receptive state.

By mid-2000, the deaths of the porpoises still remained a mystery, since these animals have no obvious connection to any reproductive advantages. Scientists in Scotland, however, theorized that if the male dolphins were responsible for the large number of reported deaths, they may have used the porpoises as “target practice” for later attacks on infant dolphins. Other experts, however, theorized that the attacks might instead have stemmed from simple aggression or from confusing the baby porpoises for baby dolphins in the murky waters.

Researchers agreed that reports of such aggressive behavior should serve as a warning to people who enjoy swimming with dolphins. Furthermore, many scientists said that such studies were just the first step in gaining a better understanding of the nature of bottle-nosed dolphins.

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Whales Thorn Blows Bubble Rings

Hayden Panettiere Whales Thorn Blows Bubble Rings
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From: danthewhaleman
Added: December 03, 2007

Hayden is trying to stop whaling. Thorn was born in 1983. I hope she gets to see this clip as it is one of the rarest forms of individuality in the wild kingdom. Thorn is the only humpback whale that blows bubbles this dramatically.
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Dolphins - Blowing Rings

Dolphin play bubble rings

Original YouTube video created and posted chiajungchi

***** Something About The Dolphin Video *****
When I took this video, my feeling was mixed. On one hand I was totally amazed by the intelligence level displayed on these dolphins. On the other hand I was a little bit sad on where these intelligent beings are - the captive environment. This somewhat peaceful yet depressing music on the background seems fully express my mixed feelings. When I try to write the description for the video, it strikes me that we all like dolphin - live in somewhat constrained environment whether it is our choice or not. Suddenly it inspired me that we should learn from this dolphin to enjoy the live no matter where our circumstance is and to use our intelligence to the highest possible level it could be. To respect these dolphins, I decide to call them the employees at Sea World. And this video is especially dedicated to the best employee at Sea World.
Age: 36
Country: United States

*****

This video is absolutely incredible! Wonderful; one of the best videos I've seen yet. The music brought tears to my eyes. Wish I knew the composer...

Question: Who did the beautiful music used in this video? Ah, google search successful, and purchased on Amazon.com:

"No One is Alone from Into the Woods" (Instrumental) by John Williams; The Boston Pops Orchestra. From the Album Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990 CD.

*****

But all is not necessarily well for captive dolphins and Orcas: See youtube.com/watch?v=q5SbVxg24M8&feature=related

*****

Notes from torenheksje
Reposted on YouTube: January 25, 2008,
Dolphins Blow Bubble Air Rings

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. I'm also intrigued by the report that they seem to be using sonar to locate the vortex in the water, since that would be a fairly amazing bit of audio analysis.

This was filmed and edited by chiajungchi, who also has a YouTube site. Thanks for allowing me to post it as well, chiajungchi!

*****

I found a lot of videos on this subject on YouTube, with dolphins and a Beluga Whale and a Black Manta Ray blowing bubble rings!



Dolphins - Blowing Rings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJwDCU7tsCw

From: wijeturo
Added: October 04, 2008

The attached video is of dolphins playing with silver colored rings which they have the ability to make under water to play with. It isn't known how they learn this, or if it's an inbred ability.

As if by magic the dolphin does a quick flip of its head and a silver ring appears in front of its pointed beak. The ring is a solid, donut shaped bubble about 2-ft across, yet it doesn't rise to the surface of the water! It stands upright in the water like a magic doorway to an unseen dimension. The dolphin then pulls a small silver donut from the larger one. Looking at the twisting ring for one last time a bite is taken from it, causing the small ring to collapse into thousands of tiny bubbles which head upward towards the water's surface. After a few moments the dolphin creates another ring to play with. There also seems to be a separate mechanism for producing small rings, which a dolphin can accomplish by a quick flip of its head.

An explanation of how dolphins make these silver rings is that they are "air-core vortex rings". Invisible, spinning vortices in the water are generated from the tip of a dolphin's dorsal fin when it is moving rapidly and turning. When dolphins break the line, the ends are drawn together into a closed ring. The higher velocity fluid around the core of the vortex is at a lower pressure than the fluid circulating farther away. Air is injected into the rings via bubbles released from the dolphin's blowhole. The energy of the water vortex is enough to keep the bubbles from rising for a reasonably few seconds of play time.
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"No One is Alone from Into the Woods" (Instrumental) by John Williams; The Boston Pops Orchestra. From the Album Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990 CD. Purchased on Amazon.mp3

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Dolphins playing With Bubble Rings (new 2008 video from CBS), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krzTgnMIg3Q&feature=related

From: cyrex686
Added: February 06, 2008

Two young dolphins creating underwater bubbles with their blowholes. Then they manipulate and play with the bubbles using their nose: They're spinning them, making them smaller and larger, swimming through them and popping them.

This is a phenomenon that has intrigued scientists watching dolphins in the wild and now is fascinating millions of guests at SeaWorld Orlando.

Source: http://cbs4.com/local/SeaWorld.Orlando.Bubbles.2.647161.html
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http://cbs4.com/local/SeaWorld.Orlando.Bubbles.2.647161.html

Feb 6, 2008 10:52 am US/Eastern
SeaWorld Dolphins Are Bubblicious
ORLANDO (CBS4) ― It's known that dolphins are highly intelligent mammals, now a group of young dolphins at SeaWorld Orlando are proving that fact once again.

They know that you don't need gum to create a bubble because the young dolphins have taken bubble-making to the extreme.

Two young juveniles have been observed creating underwater bubbles with their blowholes. Then they use their rostrum, also known as their snouts, to manipulate and play with the bubbles.

They're spinning them, making them smaller and larger, swimming through them and popping them.

This is a phenomenon that has intrigued scientists watching dolphins in the wild and now is fascinating millions of guests at SeaWorld Orlando, according to the marine life theme park.

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Bubble Rings

See the video "Bubble Rings" here on YouTube and more at BubbleRings.com: "A bubble ring in an outdoor swimming pool. Bubble rings are like smoke rings, but underwater."

Croc's plastic bags death surprises reef chief

ABC News


The crocodile was captured last Friday after menacing residents in waters around Magnetic Island. (ABC News: Sarah West)

The chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) says he is surprised to hear a crocodile swallowed enough plastic bags to kill it.

The crocodile had been relocated from Cape York in far north Queensland and was captured last week after menacing residents in waters around Magnetic Island, off Townsville.

GBRMPA chairman Russell Reicheldt says plastic is one of the biggest pollution problems facing the world's oceans.

"I didn't know it was a problem for crocodiles specifically, you tend to hear it more as a problem for turtles," he said.

"But it ... reinforces our general view that the amount of marine debris in the ocean is too much and it's damaging wildlife."

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Leap-Frogging Bubble Rings

YouTube video Leap-Frogging Bubble Rings
posted by: DrGoulu
Added: January 09, 2008
Bubble Rings created by Paul Nylander www.bugman123.com/Physics/Physics.html
Category: Science & Technology
Tags: 3D graphics, physics

More info on Paul Nylander's website: www.bugman123.com/Physics/Physics.html

“Take a good look at God’s wonders - they’ll take your breath away.” Psalm 66:5

Here are some physics simulations and artwork along with some Mathematica code. See also my Engineering page.


Magnetic Field of a Solenoid - new version: POV-Ray 3.6.1, 5/17/06


Leap-Frogging Vortex Rings - Mathematica 4.2 version: 12/31/05; C++ version: 10/22/07


Leap-Frogging Bubble Rings - Mathematica 4.2, POV-Ray 3.6.1, 12/31/05
Here is a pair of leap-frogging bubble rings. You can also see this image here on Andrew Burbanks' Dynamical Systems’ Picture Gallery.

Links
My Educational Project - some basic potential flows using Matlab and Mathematica
Vortex Movies - by Tee Tai Lim, I especially like the movies of leap-frogging and vortex ring collisions
Bubble Ring Videos - blown by human, whale, dolphins. This is fun... try it some time!
Leap-Frogging Bubble Rings - blown by scuba diver
Bubble Rings - by David Whiteis
Vortex rings blown out by Mt. Etna - same as a smoker puffing out an “O” ring
Nuclear Bombs - mushroom clouds are giant vortex rings
Birth of the Jellyfish - nice animation by Kerry Mitchell
Smoke Ring - giant vortex ring at the Miramar Air Show
Zero Blaster - fun toys that create fog vortex rings
Ideal Flow Machine - Java applet by William Devenport
Inviscid Flows - paper on incompressible, irrotational flows by Paul Hammerton
(more, much more, on website)

More about Paul Nylander: http://virtualmathmuseum.org/mathart/ArtGalleryNylander/Nylanderindex.html

Manta Ray Migration ~ David Fleetham

By David Fleetham

Portfolio and Tear Sheets -- David Fleetham Photography
David Fleetham is a world-reknowned photographer based in Hawaii specializing in maine images, including sharks, whales and dolphins.
www.davidfleetham.com/Portfolio.html

Check this one out (below): http://db.davidfleetham.com


This image was taken inside the “walk through tunnel” at the Maui Ocean Center. Besides the Brown stingray [Dasyatis latus] a sandbar shark [Carcharhinus plumbeus] and spotted eagle ray [Aetobatus narinari] are pictured. Hawaii. Photos by David Fleetham.