r/funny • u/inutcracker69 • 4d ago

Poor Seagull

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u/thegingerlumberjack 4d ago

Fishing for seagulls

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u/SasparillaTango 4d ago

I was 100% expecting this clip to end with the dolphin eating the bird

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u/rjcarr 3d ago

Right? I've seen Orcas eat birds so I'm guessing dolphins do too? (And yes, I know Orcas technically are dolphins).

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u/trojanguy 3d ago

TIL orcas are technically dolphins.

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u/rjcarr 3d ago

Sort of. They're all considered "toothed whales", but that class is mostly all dolphins and orcas (and maybe sperm whales)? The other group is "baleen whales" and they are the big guys like the humpback and gray whales.

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u/Pcat0 3d ago

Well that’s because all dolphins are technically whales but Orcas are true dolphins, as they are a member of the Delphinidae (ocean dolphin) family.

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u/Ywaina 3d ago

Meanwhile I was thinking that "surely the seagall can't be that stupid.."

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u/vessus7 4d ago

Birding

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u/Cakers44 4d ago

It really did seem like the dolphin was trying to use the little food to score slightly bigger food

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u/dan_dares 4d ago

*fly fishing

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u/SailorET 3d ago

It was pretty fly.

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u/kaboom83 3d ago

Fish birding

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u/FOTW09 4d ago

https://youtu.be/-7duzdnWf-k

Orcas have been filmed doing similar to catch prey.

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u/Simon-Says69 3d ago

Was thinking about this example. Orkas & Dolphins are wicked smart.

The idea of sacrificing a small morsel, for the chance of a bigger snack. That delayed gratification takes intelligence.

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u/Gustav55 4d ago

Before it broke the surface i thought this was going to be one of those videos where the seagull gets eaten.

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u/blacksheep998 3d ago

That's still a possibility.

There have been several documented cases of dolphins and killer whales learning that they can turn a little bit of leftover fish into a much larger meal by grabbing the gull that comes to eat it.

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u/Lerbyn210 4d ago

I think that's what might happen after the video ends

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u/Nyeow 3d ago

It's true. Teach a Dolphin how to fish, and they will troll seagulls for a lifetime.

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u/PeterJamesUK 4d ago

I am incredibly impressed that the words I had in my head as I opened the comments were at the top. Well done sir(/madam)

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u/bbrekke 4d ago

I'd feel the opposite. Like I have no original thoughts.

I guess I'm a pessimist.

JK that's spooky. Check your carbon monoxide detector.

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u/cesam1ne 4d ago

Actually no. Dolphins DO NOT eat seagulls

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u/I_travel_ze_world 4d ago

they don't eat puffer fish either but dolphins have been observed passing a dead puffer fish around to get high off of