The Dolphin Show At Blue Horizon
The park has separate tanks and display areas for the major animas. The pilot whales whales and dolphins are in one area! There are three species of dolphins at SeaWorld San Diego, including a Common dolphin, along with both Atlantic/Pacific Bottlenose dolphins and Commerson's dolphins. The Bottlenose dolphins may rotate between Blue Horizons, Rocky Point Preserve, and the Dolphin Interaction Program. The Commerson's dolphins live at an exhibit near Journey to Atlantis.
Everything at the park was clean and well maintained
Loads of effects are possible with all the structure
Pilot whales on the left, dolphins on the right!
The BBQ is being started up... Smells good!
You can see their dolphins warming up in their pens
Outdoor speakers make the sounds very nice!
Swimming with the dolphins
Hello... I is a dolphin
Did you know? - Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genera. They vary in size from 1.2 m (4 ft) and 40 kg (90 lb) (Maui's Dolphin), up to 9.5 m (30 ft) and 10 tones (9.8 LT; 11 ST) (the Orca or Killer Whale). They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating fish and squid. The family Delphinidae is the largest in the Cetacean order, and relatively recent: dolphins evolved about ten million years ago, during the Miocene. Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals and their often friendly appearance and seemingly playful attitude have made them popular in human culture.
Shaking fins!
Let The Show Begin
New mode of sea transportation
Did you know? - Dolphins, along with whales and porpoises, are descendants of terrestrial mammals, most likely of the Artiodactyl order. The ancestors of the modern day dolphins entered the water roughly fifty million years ago, in the Eocene epoch. Hind Limb Buds on Dolphins. An embryo of a Spotted Dolphin in the fifth week of development. The hind limbs are present as small bumps (hind limb buds) near the base of the tail. The pin is approximately 2.5 cm (1.0 in) long.
Modern dolphin skeletons have two small, rod-shaped pelvic bones thought to be vestigial hind limbs. In October 2006 an unusual Bottlenose Dolphin was captured in Japan; it had small fins on each side of its genital slit which scientists believe to be a more pronounced development of these vestigial hind limbs.
He really moves quickly so close to the wall!
She just retrieved a live birds that flew into the show!
The bird lady swings in and out of the show
Flap girl, flap!!!
Divers plunge into the water from on high
Water everywhere
The birds are collected behind the stage
Time to get wet!
They said the first twelve rows are wet... They were right!!!
Slosh!
Gurgle gurgle!
Did you know? - Generally, dolphins sleep with only one brain hemisphere in slow-wave sleep at a time, thus maintaining enough consciousness to breathe and to watch for possible predators and other threats. Earlier sleep stages can occur simultaneously in both hemispheres.
In captivity, dolphins seemingly enter a fully asleep state where both eyes are closed and there is no response to mild external stimuli. Respiration is automatic; a tail kick reflex keeps the blowhole above the water if necessary. Anesthetized dolphins initially show a tail kick reflex.
Though a similar state has been observed with wild Sperm Whales, it is not known if dolphins in the wild reach this state. The Indus river dolphin has a different sleep method from other dolphin species. Living in water with strong currents and potentially dangerous floating debris, it must swim continuously to avoid injury. As a result, this species sleeps in very short bursts which last between 4 and 60 seconds.
Time for a rest! The whales jump out of the water to say hello!
Whale riding!
Did you know? - Pilot Whales feed predominantly on squid. As compared to their other tooth-whale relatives they have many fewer teeth; numbering only 30 to 40 as compared to 120 in the bottlenose dolphin. This is thought to be an adaptation to their squid-eating diet.
Pilot whales are one of the few animals that go through menopause. This is thought to be because they suckle their young for 14 years, which is a relatively long period of time.
Team Dolphin
The finale
The birds were flying low over the crowds... See the trainer collect his bird
Waving goodbye
I did mean LOW over the crowd! Yes, it is alive!
Bye until the next show!