
A group boating off the Southern California coast experienced the whale and dolphin watch of a lifetime Thursday, crossing paths with a rare dolphin pod “stampede.” CBS reports that 2,000 dolphins raced the boat and at times were swimming as fast as 25 mph:
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The-Monk
Feb. 26, 2012 at 2:58amNancy Pelosi must have been onboard and the Dolphins were just trying to get away…
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VicksVaporub
Feb. 26, 2012 at 8:48amThey were signaling to get the hell out of America before the Neocons elect Santorum.
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VicksVaporub
Feb. 26, 2012 at 9:18amThey’re trying to get away from the country before the Neocons vote for Santorum.
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jb.kibs
Feb. 26, 2012 at 1:21pmprobably from an SFO
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Armed Patriot
Feb. 26, 2012 at 6:09pmA wonderful thing to see when nature comes to play with man in natures environment. Idiot environmentalists think man is not a part of nature, that we are a virus. Heres to show WE ARE A PART OF NATURE and nature still loves us. Put a smile on my face
VicksVaporub… Youre a blithering media matters dope. Do you even know what a neocon is? It is a social liberal that wants a strong national defense and foriegn policy. If you have a problem with a strong national defense and foriegn policy than you are a coward and a traitor. My only problem with the neocons is that they are social liberals.
Peace through superior firepower as President Regan said, smaller government that answers to the people not rules over the people, and a sound fiscal policy that reduces taxes, unburdens the makers to give to the takers. 49.5% of Americans now pay ZERO in federal tax, 60% of Americans now get some form of government handout paid for by the rest of us who have OUR measly paycheck stripped to the point of starvation, to pay so some dope head can sit home watching Jerry Springer and eating steaks and pork chops that I can longer afford.
Thank you very much nobama you son of a commie biatch, for taking my hard worked for prosperity and giving it to some asinine slug who refuses to work. Thank you for intentionally destroying the GREATEST nation on earth.
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pitamoncha
Feb. 26, 2012 at 6:31pmMaybe vicsvaporub should consider San Francisco.
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jeffshepard007
Feb. 26, 2012 at 2:24amDolphins are so cool, they are able to swim right along boats and they love it, without getting hit by the boat, or the propellers. They have been in the ocean for millions of years, yet they evolve to have fun with us when we visit their environment. Amazing.
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SgtB
Feb. 26, 2012 at 5:08pmYou can trust them if you want. Dolphins are the wolves of the ocean and I wouldn’t swim with one. They are a wild animal like anything else and if one ever got a wild hair up its blow hole, they could kill you quick as a shark. Maybe my fear is unfounded, but I’m not gonna chance it. And don’t even think I’ll touch water with seals of sea lions around.
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ballsofFe
Feb. 26, 2012 at 2:21amI don’t see the porpoise in this
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bigdaddyt46
Feb. 26, 2012 at 3:54amg r r r r r r r o o o oan n n n n.
LOL
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Hemispheres2112
Feb. 26, 2012 at 7:54amToo funny…lol Good one.
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termase
Feb. 26, 2012 at 8:18amFace to Palm.
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Barry Da Fraud
Feb. 26, 2012 at 9:57amI bet the Japanese are licking their chops………..sticks.
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Kasey
Feb. 26, 2012 at 11:11amWhat a killer, whale of a time. Oh, wait. I see what I did wrong there…
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conservativewoman
Feb. 26, 2012 at 1:28amI love history so I look for very old history books (the newer ones on PC) and read about what life was like centuries ago.
At one time the skys were filled up with birds, so I imagine the oceans were filled to the brim with thes
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2theADDLED
Feb. 26, 2012 at 12:29amNot funny at all Dolphins are intelligent and have extra sensory abilities that are vastly better then humans. Could it be they are schooling together to protect the species from impending Doom that is about to arrive.
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ImmediateRealityCheck
Feb. 26, 2012 at 12:20amI can’t watch it and keep from wondering how many dolphins were getting shredded by the boat’s propeller as they cut through the stampede going faster than the dolphins were swimming. Too bad they didn’t turn the camera around to behind the boat. Maybe they were just swimming for their lives away from a thoughtless boat!
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jeffshepard007
Feb. 26, 2012 at 2:20amIyou have ever been around when Dolphins are swimming around a bot, they are adept enough to keep from getting hit by a boat, in fact, they love getting as close to a boat as they can. They ar emuch smarter than you give them credit for. I have been out with them, they are amazing creatures, and I would wager that none of them were hit by this boat. It could have even been a sailboat, which would not have had a propeller spinning, anyway.
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USAF2003
Feb. 26, 2012 at 7:09amgo hug a tree weenie
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Cat
Feb. 26, 2012 at 8:04amIM >
Dolphins feel vibrations way before humans sense or hear what’s causing the commotion.
They feel naturally aspirated engines and turbines miles away, in or near the water.
They have a little difficulty feeling the vibrations of nuclear powered vessels because it messes up their ‘sonar’, but they do feel the vessel moving water.
Touch one … You’ll be amazed at the energy emanating from them.
These creatures are the angels of the sea and are fully aware of their surroundings.
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welloddyfriggindah
Feb. 26, 2012 at 8:10amWhat’s a tree weenie?
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snrub
Feb. 26, 2012 at 10:16amI thought the same thing . Why was the boat so close? maybe dolphins are smart and can, under normal conditions, avoid collisions. However just like humans sometimes panic for no reason perhaps a bit of caution was what was called for in this case. I’m not a rabid tree hugger but I don’t want to hurt anything or scare something for “sport”.
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AngelAuthor
Feb. 26, 2012 at 10:48amYou need to put your mind at ease. Dolphins do NOT wind up shredded by boat propellers when they are swimming around them. It would be like you being worried about being destroyed by the wheel of your child’s tricycle when you’re out walking with him – highly unlikely.
They are almost as intelligent as we are – they know the propeller is there and to stay away from it.
And in the water, they are as dexterous as an Olympic gymnast is on land – they are very capable of staying away from it.
Be at peace.
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omgfolks
Feb. 26, 2012 at 12:01amThis is not a stampede, they heard that goverment were going to start tracing their calls and decided to ge the heck out of before they become hearded into pods to be contolled like American Citizens.
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SquirrelNYC
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:50pmWhat a joyous sight! I was lucky enough to see a large group of dolphins while on a whale-watching boat off Monterey a few years ago. I remember the pilot saying there were about 900 dolphins around us, and there were actually three different species. Even they were surprised to see it. It sure made up for not seeing a blue whale and just catching the end of a baby humpback breach lol. I would love to see a sight like the one in this video!
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hi
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:46pmWow! That was fun. I”m back now.
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TheObamanation
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:52pmLol
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asybot12
Feb. 26, 2012 at 3:40amthanks LOL
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asybot12
Feb. 26, 2012 at 3:46amDon’t know if my first reply got through but thanks that was a hilarious post! I have had the luck to have seen the same thing on my in-law’s boat on the west coast of Vancouver Island (with my kids) it is an awesome experience not likely to forget ! (only a few dozen though)
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Stoic one
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:45pmNice!
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crichton
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:43pmSo long and thanks for all the fish!!
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blamb61
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:22pmI saw one of these tuna fishing out of San Diego that in my memory was even a lot larger than this. It wasn’t right next to the boat but was a ways off and seamed to be a mile square. A very impressive sight!
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Salamander
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:20pmRushing to the ballot box to vote for a Fundamental Change in our current administration!
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ShyMan
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:11pmGreat vid.
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Texas.7
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:01pmThey were having REVIVAL!!! :)
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vic138
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:53pmI live in laguna beach (next town north) on the ocean and I see this often. Large schools of dolphin (in this case porpoises, smaller) that range in the hundreds , if not thousands. No big deal, it happens all the time. Sometimes it appears as if there is an offshore gale of wind that covers a square mile. Just a school of porpoises in the thousands. So much going on out there. Very refreshing.
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pschlentz
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:29pmI’ve seen this dozens of times before and even have similar video. When you go out on the local fishing boats in So. Cal. waters, this is a common site even down in Mexican waters. It is always a great thing to see. They often ‘play’ at the bow of the boat and ride the wakes that the boat creates. They are very playful mammals!
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Razorhunters
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:40pmMystery virus kills thousands of lambs
Thousands of lambs have been killed by a new virus that is threatening the survival of many British farms.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9106270/Mystery-virus-kills-thousands-of-lambs.html
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Itsjusttim
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:53pmWell ya know when God has his Great Feast, everything comes to it.
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Itsjusttim
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:55pmRemember when Adam was eastward in Eden the Lord brought all the beasts of the field to him and he gave them all names. And therefore they have to be slaughtered here on earth in the Great Feast to be taken eastward.
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Itsjusttim
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:57pmBesides don’t worry about it, you have your idolatry to tend to.
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Itsjusttim
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:00pmLike it was in the days of Noah and after, people married and gave in marriage. Most people will completely miss the going-ons.
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LB
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:34pmWait for it…..Earthquake coming??
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Findalis
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:29pmSo Long and thanks for all the fish?
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Captain Morgan
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:27pmWell I guess this proves dolphins are smarter then human beings…they are leaving California en masse.
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TXPilot
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:34pmIf they are coming from Kalifornia, they were probably radical dolphins, on their way to “occupy” Bikini Bottom……someone should warn SpongeBob.
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Texas.7
Feb. 25, 2012 at 11:18pmDid anyone else yell at the video, “Hey, slow down, you are running over the Dolphins!”
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TheObamanation
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:19pmMama always told me not to look into the eye’s of the sun … But mama … that’s where the fun is …
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UBETHECHANGE
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:12pmI love dolphins, but I love babies more.
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JBaer
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:04pmThey were really “stamping”.
In my home state of MN it would be kewl to see stampeding walleyes. :-)
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FLYOVERSTATEIOWA
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:13pmtoo many indian nets, not enough walleye now.
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CFL Tea Party
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:04pmFlash mob.
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aquablue
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:26pmLol!
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COFemale
Feb. 25, 2012 at 10:01pmWow, pretty wild. See even fish can have fun.
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N37BU6
Feb. 26, 2012 at 1:06amMammals.
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