#Dolphin Discovery

[plow-and-propose]

Diving sim enjoyers!

I ask because it was my introduction to diving sims and I'm wondering if it was the same for anyone else!

edit: turns out it has two names

[jounetyfinder]

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[848ellie]

I ride the dolphin, guided by the ocean's rhythm. As I move through the water, I feel my connection to the sea. The waves are my intuition and the sun is my awakening. 🐬🌊🌞

[fishareglorious]

I've been playing a few stages of chapter 5 now. Prisoner in the Cave? wrong. more like Regulus and her Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Time in Aperion

[saltycetaceans]

Miss Astra at Discovery Cove from a few days ago <3

[orcinus-veterinarius]

I am genuinely curious, what are your thoughts about SeaWorld Orlando’s dolphin swim, where you swim with dolphins for half an hour and then get a deep water tow?

Hi! I'm assuming you mean the swim program at their sister facility Discovery Cove (which is right across the street from them), since as far as I know the actual SeaWorld park in Orlando doesn't do any in-water programs at the moment.

I talked more in-depth about it here, but I'm personally fine with swim-with programs at accredited facilities. The dolphins are always free to leave the encounter at any time, and the interactions are carefully supervised. They are incredibly powerful animals and are not harmed by dorsal tows (or foot pushes), which is something I've seen claimed by PETA-type groups.

Speaking from my own ancedotal experience (the park where I interned offered swim-with programs as their main attraction), these types of encounters can be even more educational than shows or exhibits. Guests are in small groups and have the opportunity to talk with the trainers one-on-one. Swimming with dolphins is a "bucket list" experience for a lot of people, and this is far safer and more ethical than harrassing animals in the wild; I know that my internship facility always included a spiel about why approaching dolphins in the wild is unwise (and illegal)! Of course, there were plenty of animal rights-inclined locals on social media who encouraged tourists to forgo visiting the park and swim with wild dolphins instead, and lots of sketchy dolphin tours that would chase down pods and then encourage people to jump in the water with them.

Discovery Cove is one of the best of the best when it comes to encounter facilities. If you're looking for a swim-with-the-dolphins program, I recommend following the same guidelines as you would for any zoo or aquarium: checking for AZA/AHA/AMMPA accreditation, recent or especially egregious USDA violations, etc.

[videogamewhales]

[ID: An image of a dolphin from Discovery Kids: Dolphin Discovery facing the viewer with its mouth open. End ID.]

Dolphin from Discovery Kids: Dolphin Discovery (2009)

[jeloumatourspuntacana]

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[nikonstudio]

Now, where did I left off from? Ah...Dolphin Discovery Park at Cozumel, Mexico which was followed closely by Roatan at Honduras !

[caymanvisitor]

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[sohannabarberaesque]

Poetry Corner

There's something to be said (and, perchance, in a positive way) when you've got Peter Potamus bringing along his nephews (Patrick and Perry II) on one of the uncle's journeys via The Magic Balloon into Polynesia Uncharted.

And it's mainly learning much (and in a positive way) about some fascinating primitive peoples who prefer otherwise keeping to themselves (and manage to like it as much) that have earned the respect of Peter Potamus and his late father.

Especially learning paddleboard technique involving the Australian Kneelo such in transport to and from the Magic Balloon at anchor just off the Three-Mile Line traditional, vis-a-vis the principal island of otherwise unknown kingdoms whose lifestyle of untrammelled nakedness can get to be rather fascinating in its own manner.

Not to mention brushing up on diving (naked, naturally, in a positive way) in waters where the dolphins are unusually welcoming and rather likable diving companions which can run rings around those in aquariums and dolphinariae because such friendships as these natives have are natural and come from nature.

And what could feel more comfortable unto the nephews (and in a natural sort of way) than to be naked in the native Polynesian manner, naked as Nature intended even ... and to recognise the "facts of life" as being wonderfully natural by way of native ladies who recognise such wonder as a natural given.

And to sense the wonder of a Polynesian sunset with the tide laping its way to shore, with the sheer comfort of a grass skirt in traditional dance followed, perhaps, by discovering a primitive kind of love most magical, most natural and most unrestrained in a naturally Polynesian manner otherwise decimated in the name of warped and racist "Manifest Destiny."

Do these poesies still fascinate you, fellow Hanna-Barberians? And hast thou and thine such poesy you might find enjoyable for this Sunday midday presence?

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[calandrinon]

Quite a good depiction of the interior, too >:)

(also zoom in on the bottom left of the map! a lovely vignette)

The 1811 Freycinet map of Australia. The first map to have a reasonably accurate outline of the continent. Produced by the Baudin Expedition of 1800-1803.