Scary Facts about Dolphins, the Smart Sea Thugs
Even though they are famous for their intelligence and cuteness, dolphins are predatory animals that have natural instincts and a scary side.
Dean Arian
Who doesn't know an animal called a dolphin? This aquatic mammal is an animal that is famous for its cleverness and intelligence. The IQ of dolphins is 1.67 higher than the IQ of dogs. Apart from their intelligence, dolphins have a cute appearance with a curved nose that looks like they are smiling.
Unfortunately, even though it is famous for its intelligence and cuteness, it also has a friendly attitude towards humans. Dolphins are predatory animals that have natural instincts and a terrifying side that people rarely know about.
Unique Facts about Dolphins
1. Dangerous Marine Animals
One of them is the Orcinus Orca, commonly known as the orca whale or killer whale. Even though it is called a whale, this animal is a type of large dolphin that can reach nine meters.
Orca whales usually hunt fish, sea lions, sea dogs, stingrays, octopuses, squid, sea birds, sharks, and even large whales.
2. Predators
Even though they only weigh around 117 kilograms, dolphins can consume around 15 kilograms of food per day. This food is obtained by hunting shrimp, fish or octopus in groups. Apart from eating, quite a few dolphins play with their food before they are finally eaten.
3. Killing Small Dolphins
Proceedings: Biological Sciences stated that it was known that five juvenile bottlenose dolphins had suffered serious injuries as a result of attacks from adult male dolphins. This is done based on sex or mating; adult female dolphins will be ready to become pregnant again if they lose their children.
4. Killing for Fun
Other animals kill purely to eat and maintain their lives, which is different from this mammal. Dolphins often kill their prey just for fun, and they will throw it like a playing ball or hit their prey until it is scattered, and then the flock will eat the victim's body parts.
5. Drunk Pufferfish
Dolphins use this self-inflating and highly poisonous spiny fish as raw material for them. The pufferfish will play for about half an hour, and then the dolphins will float on the surface and be mesmerized by their own reflection.
6. Raping Female Dolphins
Adult male dolphins often rape female dolphins at the same time, and they use violence and force on the female. If the female tries to run away, the male will injure the female's body.
7. Turned on by Humans
These mammals can be aroused by humans from physical contact. In one segment on the Nat Geo Wild channel, a dolphin in the Aquatic Park appears to jump at a woman in a suspicious position.
8. Has the ability to stay up late
Dolphins breathe with their lungs, and they cannot sleep peacefully underwater, nor do they have an automatic respiratory system like humans. To sleep, these animals will approach land or a place that has lots of air. They will also only close one eye because they cannot completely fall asleep.
These facts are enough to call dolphins the intelligent thugs of the sea. Even though his face is friendly and smart, who would have thought that the side of this intelligent mammal could make humans shudder. Even though this animal has a bad side, that doesn't mean humans are free to hunt it. Love them and protect the earth's ecosystem so that our children and grandchildren can know what this clever thug looked like.
