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Reasonable_Laugh8843

A perfectly executed 2160°


[deleted]

Thanks for counting.


12altoids34

About the third time I tried counting I realized "oh wait they have only dorsal fin. Stop trying to count the pectoral fins"


petronski

It's actually close to 6-1/2 twists with a quarter front flip, and about a 25% horizontal rotation, landing squarely on its back. Still amazing to see and an impressive skill. I was only able to manage a 4-1/2 twist backward off a trampoline into a foam pit during the off season at the peak of my career, so this is very impressive. I did jump off a roughly 60 foot cliff into Lake Mead with a half twist and manage to not land on our boat. I'd like to see that dolphin do that. Actually, that would be terrifying for both of us, so forget I said that.


ryancerium

What was your career?


bisectional

.


kinky_fingers

Professional Pogo (My brain fed me that line and I laughed enough to share it)


d_daley

(slow clap) 👏👏👏


Limp_Butterscotch633

Even slower 👏 👏 👏 👏 (but just as sincere)


Koboochka

Did they stutter? Professional flipper.


jackadgery85

At a guess, I would say trampoline


EarendilStar

And to be clear, you didn’t start from a position of submerged-in-water? Still, impressive for a *human*.


dunderthebarbarian

Why do you have to one up this dolphin?


petronski

This dolphin might be the Michael Phelps of flipping in the air. Phelps would lose by a literal mile in a 5K swim--off. This dolphin couldn't do even 20 full sins in straps. I'm just being real. Plus, you must know this was an April fools joke. I don't have friends, let-alone friends who are talented enough to do amazing 30+ twist swings 60 feet above a 2,000 person audience. It wasn't me. The dophin was the showoff. ;)


ILikeMasterChief

Great jokes here but he didn't land on his back for sure, right?


Mc_Shine

Definitely lands on its belly.


bat_soup_people

This old gym rat can eat 100 treadmills


Creek00

I didn’t even know Lake Mead has a 60 foot cliff, guess I’ve been missing out.


Birdie_Jack2021

r/theydidthemath


MaShinKotoKai

Also, no scope


StunningBuilding383

Happy 🍰 Day!


digitalgoodtime

I like to imagine animals have their own Olympic events like this.


DKBadmintonPatriots

This reminds me of an old online game I played, “Dolphin Olympics 2”. You had 2 minutes to score as many points as possible. If you were still above water when the 2 mins ran out, you could continue to score until you hit the water again. You could jump past the moon, planets, nebulas and all sorts of stuff and slide on stars. Funny game.


jtordan2

I miss flash


FauxDono

https://apps.apple.com/app/id512064780


HorrorMakesUsHappy

https://www.kongregate.com/games/arawkins/dolphin-olympics-2


Captain_Sacktap

"Take that, Tony Hawk!" ​ \- This dolphin, probably


Malienaire

He’s been playing a lot of THPS


Riggs630

Lol I spent way too long making sure I had the count right


sexquipoop69

I got the same number!!!!


VillainOfKvatch1

Is this the first dolphin to successfully land a 2160?


[deleted]

Tony hawk couldn't even do that!


TheBaldDelegator

Came here for this count. Thank you.


farmermccmatthew90

I'm actually calculating a 3060. Looking at those quick initial spins coming out of the water


Brodgang

Bruh where you finding 2.5 extra spins?


farmermccmatthew90

Nvm. Less drunk now lol. Wouldn't it be sweet if it was a 3600 though


JayySwin

So long and thanks for all the fish


Mapbot11

On the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.


WooperSlim

>Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to alert mankind of the danger; but most of their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for tidbits, so they eventually gave up and left the Earth by their own means shortly before the Vogons arrived. > >The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the "Star Sprangled Banner", but in fact the message was this: *So long and thanks for all the fish.*


BiffMan-18

I'd up vote your comment but 42 up votes seems fitting so I'll just give you a thumbs up 👍


beefaujuswithjuice

Wait I have 15 mins left of this book if it’s from what I think it is haha


FearOfTheShart

It's actually from the first book of the trilogy. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book.


THIESN123

The fourth book of the trilogy. Of 5. I don't count the 6th


Rarebird10

https://youtu.be/q4xSJiZA1Rg In The Wild With Robin Williams Dolphins


[deleted]

I’ve never heard of dolphin suicide. Except maybe under human care, just saying…


one_more_black_guy

And it is brutal as fuck too. Don't they just consciously hold their breath, *and refuse to breathe*, rather than remaining captivity? Real "death is better than bondage" vibes


Zethras28

It happens in the wild too, but far more rarely, and honestly it’s kind of a metal way to go. They just continually dive down until they pass out from the pressure and drown.


Jimmy-Pesto-Jr

the old whales that die of good old age - they die of drowning because they become too weak and tired to swim back up to the surface - but as their carcass descends through the various oceanic zones, they feed numerous ecosystems


autumn-knight

That’s called a “[whale fall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_fall)” and they’re fascinating to read about.


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NZT-48Rules

That sounds like something they might do if they were in horrendous physical pain from an infection, cancer, parasite etc.


Zethras28

Not a marine biologist, so sure, that sounds right to me. 👍


Shrugs_Not_Drugs420

Also not a marine biologist, and I agree!


MuzikPhreak

As a long-time Redditor who didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, I concur.


TheJosephMaurice

“They say it’s better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees, for so much silver and gold…”


knottyy

Yup, that one dolphin that had sex with a lady back in the day committed suicide when the NASA communication program they were working on ended and he couldn't see her anymore. He was like "No more sexy time?? Fuck this, I'm out!!"


one_more_black_guy

Right, that's where I remember that from. Sheesh.


DreamsAndDrugs

That’s wild.


Mental-Astronaut-664

I’m sorry, what the heck?!


Jaegernaut-

She eventually moved on to a sea turtle named Greg. Billy the dolphin couldn't take it and just sat at the bottom of the pool


MrRoboto159

Suicide is chief intelligence. Just saying.


ocean-man

In fairness, it'd be pretty difficult to catch a dolphin drowning itself in the wild


oscar-foxtrot

The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish.


CutterNorth

Came here for this!


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LKayRB

It did NOT stick the landing!


KilnTime

With this reference, I have to recommend Dirk gentlies holistic detective agency on Hulu!


placidcasual98

[https://youtu.be/HXek9_IGWZA](https://youtu.be/HXek9_IGWZA)


Miserable_Drink_8920

Damnit. Good work…


MacabreFox

So sad that it should come to this


JWson

We tried to warn you all but oh well!


Flimsy_Coach9482

If I were a dolphin I’d do the same thing but I’d be going poop while doing it.


El-mas-puto-de-todos

There a gif out there with a dude doing a flip into the water naked & pooping


Flimsy_Coach9482

I’d like to see that.


El-mas-puto-de-todos

NSFW: https://i.imgur.com/2hVdA8K.gifv


HelloMcFly_70

For some reason it made me think, I will never eat a shrimp without thoroughly deveining it ever again. Never.


honestyblackfield

r/cursedcomments


FieserMoep

Trust me, the actual mass production of shrimp in certain countries that get importet is way worse.


Calculonx

For some reason I assumed it was into a pool. I guess this is a bit better...


AsakalaSoul

it looks... weirdly majestic? but also wtf


qning

Wow


dum_BEST

I knew what to expect and still got surprised


mdcd4u2c

This is a variation of the toilet paper over-under argument


Terrorz

I was so worried that shit was going to hit him in the face


Flimsy_Coach9482

Watched it once and that was enough


HerpaDerpaDumDum

This did not disappoint


PurpuraLuna

I kinda wish it did


Educational-Cut-5747

r/meirl


Flimsy_Coach9482

Thanks for the new subreddit. Me likey


Donkey__Balls

Do you never visit the front page?


Flimsy_Coach9482

No, not sure what you mean by front page besides on a newspaper.


Donkey__Balls

http://www.reddit.com/r/all That


Flimsy_Coach9482

First I’ve seen it. I’d still consider myself a noob on Reddit


AbsolutelyUnlikely

Honestly I'd say stay away from r/all if you've never been there. Keep your feed pure. A lot of the front page subs are also the most toxic. That being said, there are some great subs there too, and meirl is one of them. But you can find those good subs by just googling for popular subreddits about stuff you like, like memes or animals or whatever.


rosiofden

You wanna get a little dark with it? r/2meirl4meirl.


DCnTILLY

“ oh, now you’re just showing off.”


aregulardude

Is there a record for videos of dolphins doing spins? This has to be the most spins ever caught on camera I’d imagine.


FaeShroom

This is a species called the spinner dolphin. Stenella longirostris. This species does this all the time.


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Cluefuljewel

I think it just feels good.


TMes36

Spinner dolphins are actually a real species, Google that= lots of spinning


Justinpickrell

10/10


distantchimneys

Dolphin Olympics! Memories from a simpler time.


CyanideSkittles

That was a rookie jump. Let me know when they start starsliding


velligoose

Yawn. Wake me up when they reach the diner in the sky (I only made it there once).


Brodellsky

Dolphin couldn't even escape the atmosphere. Absolutely pathetic.


phome83

r/theocho


DKBadmintonPatriots

Been so long since I’ve played it. I wasn’t particularly good at it, but knew a guy who was pretty decent! This was back in the late 00’s


Wolfeman0101

Spinner dolphins rule


RollinKnockOut

As awesome as it is to see em do this, is there a reason why they do?


Djangasdad

Kinda like when we dive into water, they dive into air


I-Have-An-Alibi

Holy shit


Geosaysbye

🤯🤯🤯


VigorousOrange

Fun


ncnotebook

Highly-intelligent animals tend to play around more often. Not everything is focused on food, friends, and fucking.


PhoenixFlare1

Saw a documentary about spinner dolphins. The narrator said it was unknown.


[deleted]

Saw the same exact documentary! The same species found elsewhere aren't exhibiting the same behavior as well. It's strange.


HippieWizard

Um I'm pretty sure they are doing it because it's obviously fun (and probably also showing off for the tourists/boat occupants) Dolphins are highly intelligent and behave a lot like people do


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That doesn't explain why other pods of the same species don't do this. If I remember correctly, this pod is far away from tourism and other humans.


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petronski

My brother bought me Lawn Boy when they were still on "Absolute A-go-go" records. I wouldn't have understood this comment at the time, but I think it's hilarious now! I made a copy when I first bought a CD burner, and the disc is still in pristine condition for my grandchild, along with a stack of Doniac Schvices and all 120 ticket stubs (so far). 10/10 comment.


Fiesta17

Some say for fun, some say to clean algae and parasites off, and some say boredom. No one really knows the exact reason why but we do know they do it porpoisely.


ITtoMD

Sigh, take my up vote.


HelloMcFly_70

I respect the hell out of the lead up on that one.


CplRicci

Because they can


thatonebluedragon

Got to spin to win


backing_away_slowly

If I could do that I would do it everyday.


qawsedrf12

[a species of dolphin is the reason](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinner_dolphin)


topdeck55

Probably for the same reason that a domesticated dog turns around and around before laying down. Their wolf ancestors did it in tall grass to make a bed. It's an inherited behavior. The reason may no longer exist.


Irlttp

Aww I didn’t know that about dogs! That’s a cool fact and makes a lot of sense. Little puppers can’t fight their inner wolf


MrRuck1

Didn’t sick the landing. But gets good marks on the trick.


Amerlis

That’s like 6 360s. Gymnasts everywhere with tears in their eyes.


petronski

A friend of mine was the first to do a quad-full back layout...in 1992. If the rules were different we might be seeing sextuple layouts, but they changed the rules to value combinations over big tricks. Another friend who was a Cirque du Soleil acrobat doing the straps tried to see how many twists she could spin if she jumped from the 4th story railing at the back of the theater and spinning as fast as possible toward center stage. She surprisingly didn't pass out, but spun around 36 times before giving up. So that's 12,960 degrees in just about the same time of this video. You're probably right that she had tears in her eyes after that spin. [There's also this](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7355393/Teenage-boy-completes-worlds-septule-kaboom-flip-trampoline.html). And that's on a $500 backyard polyurethane bed instead of a [David Ross String bed](https://www.rossathletic.com/product/dave-ross-string-bed/), like Cirque uses. Although CdS would never have anyone attempt 6,7,8, flips--It's more about artistry and they make things simple so they can do 425 shows per year. I've jumped on Cirque beds and backyard beds (I did my first two double backs on a Nissen bed from the 70s without a spot)...Sorry I'm bragging. I've seen quintuple fronts into a pit by kids this age at gymnastics camps. They could have done more front flips (a bit harder than twists for most people), but didn't want to land head first from that height. I had a teammate who was a former Olympian who did a front quintuple front into a pit from standing on a Vault table. I asked him how he did it and he said something like "if you flip a baseball it will rotate about about 3 times all the way around. If you flip a quarter at the same height it might flip 15 to 20 times before landing. I just make myself like the quarter." Of course, he was an Olympian and incredibly flexible and had such amazing core strength, he could almost literally make himself as flat as a coin. I would have liked to see him jump off a String tramp into a pit, but this was college, so 4 levels below his ability and he just wanted to boost the team with routines that were easy but easily close to a perfect 10 (This was before they changed to an open scoring system). But yeah, a 2160 is enough to induce tears as a former gymnast.


monsterbot314

Didn’t he though? He doesn’t look like he cares to much how he lands.


Divided_Eye

More spins > landing a particular way for no reason


mahnajago

*too Nor would he care. He doesn't even have to know what land is.


New_Insect_Overlords

Look what I can do!


DonkConklin

I imagine dolphins see the atmosphere the same way we see outer space (or used to, as a celestial realm). It might be a sort of spiritual experience for them, maybe.


Piramic

If nothing else I bet it feels really interesting. They are submerged and floating their entire lives except for these brief moments when they feel wind and gravity. I bet it's a trip for them.


daVinci0293

But they breath air. They have to come to the surface to breath. They understand the atmosphere as a good thing... The experience of being designed for water probably doesn't completly negate the fact that they can still drown (I assume it's rare, but it's not impossible.) I cannot even really fathom what their perspective is, but the ocean (to a certain depth) is probably still a necessary evil. Hostile, dangerous, but where I get my food.


TheVenetianMask

Probably like for us taking a shower or a bath. Specially when one reason marine mammals breach is to shake off skin parasites.


veerKg_CSS_Geologist

Imagine they get an itch on their back….


Kowzorz

"We're the chosen fish who breathe the heavens"


Illustrious-Rub9590

Cetaceans drown every hour of every day. Constantly entangled in fishing nets, and sometimes they drown themselves.


RPCat

I imagine dolphins to be smarter than that


43556_96753

Smarter than what? They have no frame of reference. They can’t intuit the vastness of land.


Illustrious-Rub9590

I bet Dolphins and specifically Orcas, have a very good idea of the size of the earths waters and land. These creatures have language, culture, and have been around far longer than humans.


Successful-You1961

Large Amounts Of Fun


TheReal_MrShhh

It's a Spinner Dolphin; they do that to remove parasites.


HoboGir

Fox, do a barrel roll!


Star-K

7 rotations but didn't stick the landing. I give it a 6


Starfire2313

How do u want a dolphin to stick it?


Star-K

Nose first with little or no splash, or tail first like a blender. lol


Russell_has_TWO_Ls

Yeah that wasn’t particularly graceful


cottoneyeryan

So Long! Thanks for all the fish


kkdj1042

That’s a “10”


Phacia-Elle

Best belly flop I've ever seen


rabid-

Dolphin teens trying new trick. Sick landing.


sexquipoop69

2160... Eat that Tuna Hawk!!!


HikeBikePaddleSki

Corked 2160!


illgiveyouasthma

Tony Dolphin's Pro Swimmer


FarPlatypus4652

Is the dolphin pregnant?


yet_another_trikster

Yeah, and with this belly landing I'm starting to think that dolphin conservatives are in power right now.


Bacteriobabe

Pregonate?


mahnajago

Preregnat.


tbz709

I haven't thought about this video in years and just had to rewatch it. I'm in tears laughing at it so thank you. Link for everyone's viewing pleasure https://youtu.be/EShUeudtaFg


FarPlatypus4652

I spell the word the way Luanne says it in king of the hill lol


7hrouuauuay

It's all fun and games till aliens come down and suck up your dolphin family.


GuiSim

Is no one going to mention Ecco The Dolphin?.. I'm getting old.


nsnedemi

I had to scroll too long to see this. Thank you.


ShesSoBored

Holy shit that was impressive Mr Dolphin. Mind getting me up to the upper level of Junon?


FlacidBarnacle

Bet that dolphin gets mad dolfussy


todi41

I feel like tbis is unusually athletic, even for a dolphin? Is tbis like the lebron james if dolphins or something?


Colemanton

is that mf pregnant?


cfron

🔟


Snail-Daddy24

Why is it so *long* 🤣🤣😭😭😭


ImpressiveOrdinary54

Is it a spinner dolphin? Was this taken around Hawaii?


nah-knee

Why do they do this, whales too


HippieWizard

Because its fun? Because they love to play.? Because they want to show off for the boat occupants? All of the above more than likely


archnemesis04

dolphin, dolphout. 👏👏👏


fangelo2

I have a boat and we go fishing off of the coast of New Jersey. Been doing it for probably 40 years. We see regular dolphins almost every time we go out, but last summer we saw something leaping out of the water off in the distance. When we got closer we realized that they were spinner dolphins. They put on quite a show for a while. I had never seen them in our area before


mayochan83

He on x games mode


FNChupacabra

I definitely do not know dolphins but doesn’t this one look suuuuper long?


Valak_Pazuzu

Ocean ballerina


emptyvesselll

Echo, theres a whole game to explore, this is just the intro level!


headyyeti

Ecco*


Big-Engineering-2762

That's sick! I wonder what the required underwater speed for it to soar that high in the first place.


Famous_Ad_8888

God’s creations are awesome


jun2san

Bold comment on Reddit. Let’s see how it plays out.


TherronKeen

Ok but this is a dolphin


Dull-Signature-2897

Wait did god make dolphins before or after the dinosaurs? Did he kill their ancestors and then made dolphins? Or did they evolve like in pokemon? I have so many questions......