Angry dolphin threatens Texas coast

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NOAA says dolphins can become increasingly dangerous throughout four stages. The North Padre Island dolphin is in Stage 4, which is considered the most dangerous.

[Mole 4336]

I didn’t click the link until I saw the four stages thing. I assumed there would be some explanation or further context of the “four stages” but I guess not. The top google result for “four stages of dolphin aggression” is the above article. KHOU11 Staff did a poor job with this one.

This link talks about stages of human/dolphin interaction: NowThis.

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Stage 1: a solitary dolphin establishes itself in a limited home range. The area has sufficient prey and an area where the dolphin likes to rest, such as next to a buoy or moored boat. The dolphin may follow boats or approach fishing gear but it does not approach humans.

Stage 2: The dolphin may start to follow boats more regularly and to engage in bow-riding as well as investigating ropes, chains, buoys etc. The dolphin is interested in people who enter the water to swim with it, but it maintains a distance.

Stage 3: The dolphin becomes accustomed to one or more people who have deliberately tried to habituate it. Humans swim and dive with the dolphin, touch it and even hold its dorsal fin so that they can be pulled through the water. The dolphin may initiate some of these interactions and thereby help the habituation process.

Stage 4: Thanks to media reports, the dolphin becomes a tourist attraction. People come from further afield to see and swim with the dolphin. The dolphin may start to exhibit dominant, aggressive and sexual behaviors.

 

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Biologists say the animal is showing more aggressive behavior, including separating children from their parents in the water 

NOAA says human interaction can be blamed for the dolphin's aggression

Kids peeing in his home all the time. I get it.

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More humans are pieces of shit stories? Wow. 

[Celery Man 21027]

Gave her the old angry dolphin

[Macanudo 13092]

Clearly, we need to harden the beaches.

[27-25 2059]

Get off my lawn out of my ocean.

[Cajun 11764]

4 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

Clearly, we need to harden the beaches.

Puerta Viagra?

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[Celery Man 21027]

Who was the poster who… I think maybe was in a wheelchair? and had a story in the ms paint sexual experience thread where he illustrated hitting the rear entrance and the girl started giving him the angry dolphin?

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Randy.

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3 hours ago, Mole said:

This link talks about stages of human/dolphin interaction: NowThis.

What stage is the pegging?

[Hate 20157]

What stage is the pegging?

NowThis?? That you?

[justhookit 4191]

We need to take away the dolphin’s internet 

[Teddyballgame 441]

If you have ever  done much saltwater fishing, you realize dolphins are dicks.

[Bookman 4726]

Dolphins must be playing video games.

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separating humans from their swimming pets...

That's just a dude lookin for some grub.

[Zhorn96 1780]

Whatever you do, do NOT Google dolphin rape caves….

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2 hours ago, Teddyballgame said:

If you have ever  done much saltwater fishing, you realize dolphins are dicks.

True....

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1 hour ago, Zhorn96 said:

Whatever you do, do NOT Google dolphin rape caves….

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NEW YORK — An image depicting men in dolphin costumes assaulting women in underwear — on display in a New York art college — has prompted a student-led petition calling for the administration to remove the photograph. After declining to remove the image, college officials held a forum Thursday to address concerns with the display.

The image called “Dolphin Rape Cave” depicts three men dressed in dolphin costumes and two women in bras and underwear in a staged scene of sexual assault. The image, called “Dolphin Rape Cave,” is part of a rotating display at the School of Visual Arts that went up Sept. 2 and is scheduled to be taken down today. It’s on a sixth-floor hall used for offices, classrooms and studio space, which is not open to the public.

“I think that the school’s guiding principle is to protect the freedom of expression while still maintaining its other obligations in terms of protecting students and upholding the law,” said Assistant Provost Emily Ross.

Nathaniel Shannon, an assistant studio manager at SVA and the photo’s artist, has other works in the hall in addition to different artists’ pieces.

SVA photography student Sarah Thomasson said she saw the photo on Saturday and started a change.org petition asking the college to remove the photo.

Thomasson said she started the petition to remove the image because a majority — 60 percent — of SVA students are female, and she was thinking of sexual assault victims “who would be triggered by it.”

The photograph is a reference to the online videos, social media posts and Web pages that claim dolphins engage in sexual assaults with other dolphins and even people.

Shannon said the idea for the photo came from a past job as a bartender, where he would see male patrons harassing female bartenders. The artwork, he said, used the dolphin “as a metaphor for misogynistic date rape and the dangers, exploring the idea that there may be beasts lying beneath seemingly friendly faces.”

Members of the panel included Shannon, the chairman of the photography department, a photography faculty member and Assistant Provost Ross.

Michael Grant, a spokesman for SVA, said the college wanted the forum to include all views of people who want to participate. He expected questions and comments from the audience to be the majority of the forum.

Earlier in the week someone tore down the photo and another print of “Dolphin Rape Cave” went up in its place.

“It’s important to be able to express yourself,” Thomasson said, “but I feel like, if it’s victimizing or triggering students then it’s not really a safe environment for them to be in.”

Nina Baron, a visual and critical studies student, attended the forum. She said that censorship and rape on college campuses were among the topics discussed. The photography faculty member on the panel, Jessica Craig Martin, said that censorship is the opposite of what art should be, Baron said.

Baron said she didn’t have a problem with the art being displayed but wanted some sort of artist’s statement with the photo or email letting students know of the photo’s nature.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZKo_enssAQ

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12 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZKo_enssAQ

Hahaha is that mos def?

[TexasEd 8146]

You would think this would have been covered in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Edited May 29, 2022 by TexasEd

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15 hours ago, Celery Man said:

Who was the poster who… I think maybe was in a wheelchair? and had a story in the ms paint sexual experience thread where he illustrated hitting the rear entrance and the girl started giving him the angry dolphin?

Randy Marsh... First thing I thought of too. 

 

That thread was responsible for me actually signing up for TOS... 

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