Yeah, dolphins have been known to attack and kill porpoises. I don't think I ever heard an explanation as to why.

Too bad they attack and kill porpoises. You have heard about that, right?

Shadowman, you've just made me love coyotes even more. They're like, "We're too cool for jyor training, ese." Of course, they have Mexican accents because they live near and/or in Mexico. Except for the ones that don't. Anyway. They just kick ass.

And yeah, I guess if you think about it wolves must be a bit smarter than coyotes, seeing as how their hunting in packs must be extremely effective. But I don't know man. Those coyotes, man.

Also all the mythology surrounding them. Lovez it. Coyote is always portrayed as a trickster and sometimes a shapeshifter, and ya gotta love those guys. Plus I read this book called Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore and it was really cool and there was this god Coyote and he was really cool and, well, ya gotta read it to get it. Ya jyest gotta.

But to end this digression, yeah I think dolphins are awesome, and I think most sealife is pretty cool except in real life I don't really wanna come in contact with them because let me tell you. Let me tell you man. If you've grown up with Pacific Northwest waters you don't want to go to far from shore. *shudder* There's never much sun at the coast, the dropoff is immensely steep and sudden and deep, and the water is this horrible greenish opaque color and every time I go in the water I just can't make myself go more than a few yards out because the moment I lose sight of my feet I start getting paranoid that there's some horrible sea creature or nasty little animal or flesh-eating giant monster just lurking there just to piss me off! *shudder again* That's why I don't like the ocean. Pools are good though.

I like animals. They don't like me though. They sense fear!

The only other animals that kill for fun (that I know of) are humans.

Chimps have been known to go out and kill other chimps for fun. They go out in groups of six and walk calmly in straight line towards their target. Once they get close, they split into two groups of three and go out to the left and right flanks of the target, sometimes in trees and sometimes on the ground. After they do that, they wait for a minute or two. Then one of the chimps makes some kind of signal to attack (this is usually some kind of scream) They then swing down from the trees they are in, or run across the ground grabbing rocks or sticks as they run. They then completely batter their target until it dies. No one know why they do this. They just do it for the hell of it, it seems.

It could be some sort of territorial/tribal thing.

I question the thing about Dolphins being the only species that has sex for pleasure. I'm fairly sure that there are some monkey species that do it too, including the one that practises homosexuality and the one where the females prostitute themselves for food and better nesting spots.

Apparently, Dolphins are the only animals (other than humans) who have sex for pleasure, instead of doing it just for babies. .

Wha? How did some crackpot scientist come up with that assumption? I mean, how could we know if Dolphins are actually having a pleasurous experience of reproduction? Are they smiling?

Interesting... Is there any site/poll which states this fact? If so, could it be posted?

Also, I feel samey on the subject of animals killing for fun. It's probable, but I'd just like to see some kind of evidence.

I just said that Al, minus the raping part.

My favorite wild animal is probably the hawk, the eagle or the owl.

I just saw that in an episode of King of the Hill. The one where Hank is swimming with a dolphin and he rubs its belly and it gets excited and tries to hump him. That was hilarious. Um. Yeah.

Apparently, dolphins sometimes gang up on young dolphins and rape or kill them.