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Incredible Dolphin ‘Stampede’ Caught on Video

Incredible Dolphin Stampede Caught on Tape

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:

Raw video of the stunning phenomenon:

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:58am

    Nancy Pelosi must have been onboard and the Dolphins were just trying to get away…

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    • VicksVaporub
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 8:48am

      They were signaling to get the hell out of America before the Neocons elect Santorum.

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    • VicksVaporub
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 9:18am

      They’re trying to get away from the country before the Neocons vote for Santorum.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 1:21pm

      probably from an SFO

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    • Armed Patriot
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:09pm

      A 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
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:31pm

      Maybe vicsvaporub should consider San Francisco.

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  • jeffshepard007
    Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:24am

    Dolphins 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
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 5:08pm

      You 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
    Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:21am

    I don’t see the porpoise in this

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  • conservativewoman
    Posted on February 26, 2012 at 1:28am

    I 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
    Posted on February 26, 2012 at 12:29am

    Not 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
    Posted on February 26, 2012 at 12:20am

    I 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
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:20am

      Iyou 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
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 7:09am

      go hug a tree weenie

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    • Cat
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 8:04am

      IM >

      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
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 8:10am

      What’s a tree weenie?

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    • snrub
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 10:16am

      I 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
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 10:48am

      You 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
    Posted on February 26, 2012 at 12:01am

    This 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
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:50pm

    What 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
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:46pm

    Wow! That was fun. I”m back now.

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    • TheObamanation
      Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:52pm

      Lol

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    • asybot12
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:40am

      thanks LOL

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    • asybot12
      Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:46am

      Don’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
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:45pm

    Nice!

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  • crichton
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:43pm

    So long and thanks for all the fish!!

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  • blamb61
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:22pm

    I 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
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:20pm

    Rushing to the ballot box to vote for a Fundamental Change in our current administration!

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  • ShyMan
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:11pm

    Great vid.

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  • Texas.7
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:01pm

    They were having REVIVAL!!! :)

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  • vic138
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:53pm

    I 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
      Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:29pm

      I’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
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:40pm

    Mystery 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
      Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:53pm

      Well ya know when God has his Great Feast, everything comes to it.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:55pm

      Remember 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
      Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:57pm

      Besides don’t worry about it, you have your idolatry to tend to.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:00pm

      Like 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
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:34pm

    Wait for it…..Earthquake coming??

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  • Findalis
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:29pm

    So Long and thanks for all the fish?

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  • Captain Morgan
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:27pm

    Well I guess this proves dolphins are smarter then human beings…they are leaving California en masse.

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:34pm

      If 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
      Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:18pm

      Did anyone else yell at the video, “Hey, slow down, you are running over the Dolphins!”

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:19pm

    Mama 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
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:12pm

    I love dolphins, but I love babies more.

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  • JBaer
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:04pm

    They were really “stamping”.
    In my home state of MN it would be kewl to see stampeding walleyes. :-)

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  • CFL Tea Party
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:04pm

    Flash mob.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:01pm

    Wow, pretty wild. See even fish can have fun.

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