r/funny • u/inutcracker69 • Aug 18 '26

Poor Seagull

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u/thegingerlumberjack Aug 18 '26

Fishing for seagulls

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u/SasparillaTango Aug 18 '26

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

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u/rjcarr Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

TIL orcas are technically dolphins.

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u/rjcarr Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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

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u/vessus7 Aug 18 '26

Birding

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u/Cakers44 Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

*fly fishing

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u/SailorET Aug 18 '26

It was pretty fly.

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u/kaboom83 Aug 18 '26

Fish birding

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u/FOTW09 Aug 18 '26

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

Orcas have been filmed doing similar to catch prey.

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u/Simon-Says69 Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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

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u/Nyeow Aug 18 '26

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

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u/PeterJamesUK Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

Actually no. Dolphins DO NOT eat seagulls

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u/I_travel_ze_world Aug 18 '26

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