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BlackMetalNinja
12-28-2007, 11:24 AM
Bengals (-2.5) over DOLPHINS
If it's an all-animal matchup, I always try to weigh that accordingly. Dolphins are cuddly and nice. I don't understand why any NFL team would wear aqua blue unis and call itself "The Dolphins," then not expect to get its butt kicked. They should go with the Spearfishers. I would have taken them if they were the Spearfishers.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/071228

Mr. Miyagi
12-28-2007, 11:29 AM
It's entertaining.

Cntrygal
12-28-2007, 08:14 PM
:rofl:

LtFinFan66
12-28-2007, 08:15 PM
Pretty stupid. Just ask sharks how tough dolphins can be. Stupid woman

im4bflo
12-28-2007, 08:58 PM
Pretty stupid. Just ask sharks how tough dolphins can be. Stupid woman

Maybe 10 fish against 1 shark, ohhh they're tough :snicker2:

LtFinFan66
12-28-2007, 09:07 PM
Read a book sir:snicker:

im4bflo
12-28-2007, 09:12 PM
Feel the broom sir! :squish:

LtFinFan66
12-28-2007, 09:19 PM
What does that have to do with sharks fearing dolphins:idunno:

im4bflo
12-28-2007, 09:25 PM
What does that have to do with sharks fearing dolphins:idunno:

read a book sir :snicker2:

LtFinFan66
12-28-2007, 09:34 PM
:huh:

I like friendly banter with you sir.

im4bflo
12-28-2007, 09:37 PM
:huh:

I like friendly banter with you sir.

:beer: sir

Billzz
12-29-2007, 10:05 AM
Pretty stupid. Just ask sharks how tough dolphins can be. Stupid woman

lol somone got butt hurt

THE END OF ALL DAYS
12-29-2007, 10:12 AM
Pretty stupid. Just ask sharks how tough dolphins can be. Stupid woman

LtF******* you have become a very bitter person this year. You used to have a sense of humor. I understand your saddness over your team, but for crimeny's sake lightne up a bit :peace:

Jeff1220
12-29-2007, 12:19 PM
Q: Do dolphins really beat up sharks?

- John
St. Louis, MO

A: Usually not, unless the shark is relatively small.

This notion is based on a much-publicized incident that took place at the Miami Seaquarium in the 1950's. When a Sandbar Shark showed a bit too much interest in the birth of a Bottlenose Dolphin calf, three of the adult male dolphins ganged up on the shark, butting it in the gills and stomach until it died. This 'protective' behavior was cemented in the public's mind by the television series, Flipper, produced in association with the Miami Seaquarium. There is a record of a Bottlenose Dolphin off California killing a two-foot Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata), then supporting it at the surface (which raises doubts about tales of dolphins 'rescuing' human swimmers: perhaps balancing an object on the rostrum is merely a dolphin game, devoid of any altruistic motivation).

During the 1960's, the U.S. Navy trained Bottlenose Dolphins to incapacitate large sharks by butting their delicate gill pouches. The dolphins quickly learned to attack Sandbar (Carcharhinus plumbeus), Lemon (Negaprion brevirostris), and Nurse Sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum), but refused to approach a Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) of similar size and shape. Sandbar, Lemon, and Nurse Sharks are not known to attack dolphins in the wild, but Bull Sharks are. This suggests that dolphins are able to classify sharks as either dangerous or not dangerous — an eminently practical taxonomy.

In the wild, similar-sized dolphins and sharks pretty much leave each other alone. Some 75% of wild dolphins show some degree of shark scarring — and we usually see only the ones that got away. I have pulled dolphin remains from the stomachs of many sharks over the years, particularly from Tiger Sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier). Thus, it seems that in most battles between dolphins and sharks in the wild, dolphins get the worst of the encounter.
http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/b_corner.htm

im4bflo
12-29-2007, 03:08 PM
http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/b_corner.htm

there's your book LT, you can drop that myth now.
Unless 3 on 1 very small shark makes you bad :snicker2:
Real sharks have fish breath, from chowing your 'badboy' fish.
:fishfry::fishy: :supper: :brush: