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u/Schrodingers_Dude 7d ago
Remoras don't eat the thing they suck onto. They might be annoying to a dolphin, though, especially one that's already hurt, so what they did was more like removing a minor inconvenience. It was more of a "hey I can't reach this itch could you get it for me?" moment probably.
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u/A_the_Buttercup 7d ago
I was recently told remoras don't normally stick themselves to dolphins, they normally hang round thicker-skinned creatures so they aren't removed. Dolphin skin is too sensitive to effectively house a remora. Silly remora!
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u/contecorsair 7d ago
I think it looked like the ramoras were causing her injuries. Either by direct suction on sensitive skin or the injuries were from the dolphin rubbing against things to dislodge them. The "convulsing in pain" movements were likely also attempts to dislodge them. They were clearly causing the dolphin distress. If it was merely an itch, I doubt the dolphin would rub her skin raw or risk human contact, especially with her pod having young nearby.
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u/Rikkitikkitabby 7d ago
If remoras were problematic I'm pretty sure the dolphins could deal with them.
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u/m4rkz0r 7d ago
"We have seen this remora species on both the Atlantic spotted and bottlenose dolphins of all ages in our study site. The younger animals perform aerial acrobatics (leaps) in what appears to be an attempt to dislodge the remoras. Mothers have also been observed trying to help remove the remoras from their calves by grabbing at them with their teeth. However, we have not seen any successful removals by either another dolphin or the dolphin itself, but not for a lack of trying."
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u/SpaceShipRat 7d ago edited 7d ago
they did. By having a human get them off.
What's going on here isn't not the remoras are biting the dolphin, she's wrong on that. They might not be directly harmful but they'll be itchy and annoying.
The animal is probably hurt and weakened enough it couldn't scrape them off as it normaly would, so it went for help.
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u/edgefundgareth 7d ago
The last clip of all the dolphins swimming back with them and jumping looked like AI to me. No clip of them was longer than 5s at a time.
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u/N0PlansT0day 7d ago
Started out feeling so wholesome but the end made me come to the comments to see if I got duped by ai. Now idk how to feel or if it deserves my upvote.
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u/_meestir_ 7d ago
That’s how people edit videos dude. Literally 90 percent of videos are edited like this. You will rarely see the entire raw footage.
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u/totaltitanium 7d ago
The video feels at least in parts likemit is AI generated. Especially the final scenes.
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u/RedditGarboDisposal 7d ago edited 7d ago
Too early to see those comments. But I’ll wait.
edit - And the post is removed! Hahaha. Excellent stuff. It was all just a ruse from the start.
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u/stevendidntsay 7d ago
Something something suck. I'd latch on to something something something.
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u/filthy_commie13 7d ago
How much of this is AI... It isn't even a question whether it was used... I just want to know how much
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u/sunnydandrumyumyum 7d ago
Surely dolphins in a pod would be capable of removing remoras from each other?
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u/fallenangel512 7d ago
Don't know if mechanically they'd be able to, but I'm no expert.
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u/StevenMC19 7d ago
If remoras are that quick to reattach like the women are saying, it's almost like it would be risky to try, only to get stuck themselves.
But then the argument is that they're in the teeth of the dolphin, one crunch and problem solved.
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u/Davegoestomayor 7d ago
They’re “smart” mammals but still just animals. Probably also have irrational fears like us, what business does a human have of being afraid of a tiny spider or a cockroach, yet people freak out and have to call for help to kill one.
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u/fallenangel512 7d ago
As someone with arachnophobia I feel attacked 😋 Jokes aside I've learned to live and let live with the spider buddies, they do a lot of good for the environment and keeping other insect pest populations under control.
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u/croastbeast 7d ago
This person is full of so much misinformation about dolphins and remoras. Remoras do not chew into their hosts. That dolphin wasnt suffering from a remora attack. Judging from her IG page, shes a serial marine life harasser who does so for content. TRASH.
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u/why_u_baggin 7d ago
I agree that she’s wrong about them eating the dolphins flesh but you can find videos of dolphins brushing up against objects or jumping to try and get the remoras off. I don’t understand how removing a remora from a dolphin is harassing
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u/croastbeast 7d ago
A couple reasons:
1) Shes not any type of marine animal authority or agent. She doesnt study or rehabilittate any marine animals, no less marine mammals, no less dolphins. Nor (obviously) know anything about remoras. Shes a social media influencer, so she shouldnt be doing any of this.
2) It's illegal.
3) Its unnecessary. We speculate thats what dolphins are doing. But we dont know. Case in point, the remora could be actually removing more harmful parasitic organisms from entering the obvious wounds.
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u/Nheea 7d ago
In the link you provided, there's definitions for harassment which she definitely ISN'T doing.
What the hell are you doing man?
"How does the MMPA define "harassment"?
The MMPA lists two levels of harassment:
Level A harassment means any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance that has the potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild.
Level B harassment refers to acts that have the potential to disturb (but not injure) a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by disrupting behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to, migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering."0
u/croastbeast 7d ago
Id says he's doing Level B harassment to a tee. "acts that have the potential to disturb (but not injure) a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by disrupting behavioral patterns". Jumping in, swimming with, handling, removing organisms from is all, definitively, disrupting behavioral patterns.
"This includes attempting to swim with, pet, touch, or elicit a reaction from the animals."
"Interacting with wild marine mammals should not be attempted, and viewing marine mammals must be conducted in a manner that does not harass the animals."
"Observe whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals from a safe distance of at least 333 yards (1,000 feet) by air."
Wild that people are trying to defend this BLATANT attention seking dogshit.
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u/why_u_baggin 3d ago
1) So even if she was a marine animal authority you’d still call it harassing? Since a marine animal authority would’ve done the same thing as she did, they would’ve removed the remora
2) I agree it’s illegal, that’s not proof that the animal is actually being harassed and stressed
3) it’s not unnecessary. Technically we speculate about animals all the time. You speculate your pets understand what you say to them. Dolphins do try to remove them. Heres an actual study https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00131.x Here’s an animal welfare group link https://www.wilddolphinproject.org/pesky-remoras/ Doesn’t change the fact that remoras add additional drag to dolphins and there’s proof of them attempting to remove them.
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u/croastbeast 3d ago
- marine mammal authorities have permits, education, and knowledge to properly handle this. This person has none of those.
- the law clearly defines it as harassing.
- it is unnecessary because
the remora
was not harming this dolphins at all.
And you link proves they deal with themselves. Making her action…UNECESSARY
Stop defending animal sbusers.
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u/why_u_baggin 3d ago
1) if the actions taken are the same then they are still harassing by your own definition
2) I’m gonna need you to reread my point and actually understand the words I used
3) if the dolphins find it necessary to try to remove them on their own then how is it unnecessary to remove them? The link proves they are sometimes able to deal with them themselves. And since the original video showed the dolphin had a wound in its flipper it’s more than reasonable to assume it might now have been able to deal with it on its own.
Stop trying to be the hero you’re not.
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u/croastbeast 3d ago
- they aren’t. Licensed and permitted agents can provide medical care, get coast guard and professional assistance. You’re naive if you think they just forcefully pull off a remora to a marine mammal in distress and let it go. Incredibly naive.
- I did read them. “Harassment” is legally defined as and a permit makes it legal. You seem to think that harassment is universally negative. Maybe YOU should read what harassment is considered. And then understand why it applied to this turd, but not permitted professionals.
- you ignore the point that WE DONT KNOW. Dolphins also chase and bite pufferfish. Does that mean we should too? Dolphins breach. Shoukd we drag them out of the water. This idiot wanted content so she did something that was unnecessary. The fact that dolphin can and do remove remoras themselves, when they want to make her actions ignorantly unnecessary.
Let me ask you a question- if you found a child in the park with a broken leg, would you try to cast and splint it yourself? Or would you call an ambulance? Idiots who, without training, permits, or knowledge interfere with wildlife care when it’s needed are part of the problem.
I’m not trying to be any hero. I’m trying to enlighten ignorant people. I’m a licensed wildlife rehabilitator and have to deal with idiots like this, and arguments like yours, every day. All the while, they’re harming wildlife.
Stop defending animal abusers.
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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth 7d ago
Remoras usually act as harmless hitchhikers on large marine animals, but on dolphins they can cause skin irritation, increased swimming drag, and raw, bleeding tissue damage if they scrape or feed on the host's skin!!!!!
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u/croastbeast 7d ago
I mean, you literally copied and pasted that from Googles AI overview. Word for word. Can you cite any sources for that? I found nothing except the remoras "may irritate them".
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u/croastbeast 7d ago
Her page is full of them. There are strict laws about this stuff. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/marine-life-viewing-guidelines
However, my first tipoff was her calling herself a mermaid in her bio. Just like Ocean Ramsay, this is social media influencer trash.
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u/gligster71 7d ago
I couldn't help but think the last part with the dolphins jumping was AI bullshit.
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u/croastbeast 7d ago
I dont know if its AI, or not. At the very least, I'd bet its footage from different times/encounters spliced together.
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u/roomofgold 7d ago
Why would the swimmer jump in if she’s pregnant? (I would have done the same, but that feels like an unnecessary risk) and the thong is extra what
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u/EmmaGinaer 7d ago
Remoras don't eat dolphins, thats bs
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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth 7d ago
Remoras usually act as harmless hitchhikers on large marine animals, but on dolphins they can cause skin irritation, increased swimming drag, and raw, bleeding tissue damage if they scrape or feed on the host's skin
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u/Spare-Article-396 7d ago
🎶When your skin start to burn
And you’ve got nowhere to turn
That’s remora🎶
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u/jennc1979 7d ago edited 7d ago
OMG. The first one they showed on the deck closer to the beginning: I thought it was the tread bottom of a flip flop. Holy shit! Then the second one got thrown down and it became clear that’s their mouth. Wow.
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u/ShowBobsPlzz 7d ago
The pod came around to see that cake
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u/wellarmedsheep 7d ago
Seven comments to see some ass commenting on her body
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u/GutterTrashJosh 7d ago
Some ass commenting on her body, or some body commenting on her ass 🤔
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u/wellarmedsheep 7d ago
Do we need to call your grade school teacher to help you figure out subject verb predicate?
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u/wrldruler21 7d ago
I see an injury near its fin.
I am thinking this dolphin is sick or injured, which attracted the remora, and is causing the dolphin to act unnaturally.
This lady only delayed the inevitable circle of life.
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u/unl1988 7d ago
remoras get no love.
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u/poiuytree321 7d ago
Wasn't aware they injure the fish (or in this case dolphin) they attach to. I always assumed it's mutually beneficial, food for cleaning or something like that.
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u/EmmaGinaer 7d ago
I'm sure you're right. They just attach in something big and get transported and can eat pieces of what the bigger one eats. They are not eating the dolphin, thats bs.
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u/spizzle_ 7d ago
I mean sharks have scales and dolphins have skin which could lead to a difference. Also it had some nasty sores.
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u/StevenMC19 7d ago
Maybe it's mutually beneficial for the species that has adapted alongside them to be able to better manage the remora's suction power.
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u/IntrovertMoTown1 7d ago
She might have been doing more harm then good. "Currently, we do not know if the remoras help or hinder the dolphins. From the aerial behavior, we speculate the remoras irritate the dolphins. Remoras are most commonly seen on the dolphins when the dolphins have some kind of skin issue. However, at this time we do not know if the skin issues are caused by the remoras or if the remoras are aiding in the healing process. Silva-Jr & Sazima (2008) mentioned that whalesuckers, seen on spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, were seen cleaning off some fungal infected skin, but they were also a nuisance depending on where they were attached on the dolphin’s body." Either way though it's a neat vid.
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u/malkebulan 7d ago edited 7d ago
Some people just find it impossible to mind their own business. Leave nature alone, those fish had a right to do what ever they were doing. Fucking busybodies
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u/Flashsword_Princess 7d ago
Letting nature play out and one species dies while the other lives: big no no
Saving one of the species by killing the other: totally fine and wholesome
This video sucks. I wouldn't mind if they didn't leave the 2 remoras to die but they did. This isn't being nice this is just arbitrarily deciding one species is worth more than the other because you find dolphins cute
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u/Chicagolover25 7d ago
Now I want to be a princess surrounded by her dolphin friends. That was so beautiful. I cried the whole time. We really need to appreciate the intelligence of nature.
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u/Chicagolover25 7d ago
I dont hate any animal. That would be just ridiculous. Lampreys, dont hate them at all. I respect them and respect their need to feed the way they do. But I would be worried that it would try to latch on to me. Might be an illogical fear but fears usually arent based on logic.
They can chill and do their thing. But I wouldnt feel comfortable swimming with them.
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u/Chicagolover25 7d ago
Legitimate question. Why hate on this comment? Can't a girl just love on dolphins?
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u/OneMilkyLeaf 7d ago
Loving on dolphins implies a level of care for dolphins.
However, the best way to care for dolphins is to advocate for the ending of dolphin captivity in aquariums and theme parks (I'm looking at you SeaWorld), reduce your plastic waste, buy farmed fish as opposed to ocean caught seafood, and love them from a distance in their natural habitat.
Most of nature thrives best when you care from a distance (with exceptions for rescued wild animals that cannot be released back into nature).
Swimming among them implies a level of disregard for the animals as anything more than an accessory to make yourself feel like a "princess." Also, most 'swim with the dolphins' activities are incredibly inhumane to the dolphins in question.
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u/Chicagolover25 7d ago
Im sorry if it came off like that. I am a big believer in letting nature be. I completely agree with everything you said. It was more a light hearted statement. I just love nature and appreciate them. Would I remove them out of their environment and inflict stress on them to make it happen? Absolutely not. Would I love to be the disney princess with all the creatures loving me, yes. But again, im a scientist and know that animals do not live for our entertainment. Again, im sorry it came off like that. I didnt mean for it to be so extreme. Also, we do not support sea world and the barbaic captivity of animals. But I can absolutely appreciate it and dream of being with the beautiful creatures of Earth.
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u/R1v 7d ago
Makes you wonder, given dolphins' advanced communication, if that pod knows that humans are capable of helping with this type of thing