Where have you been?

The first thing we saw at Sea World was the dolphin show. This was basically a bunch of trained dolphins swimming around splashing people. There was also an audiance participation section where a "mom from the audience" fell into the water while taking a picture of her son. One of the dolphins swam up and gave her a ride around the pool. Later we found out it was really one of the trainers pretending to be a random person. Wow, the suspense.


Here we can see a dolphin in action. The people are sitting in the "splash zone" so were amply warned. Whenever I think of dolphins I always think of South Park. In "Weight Gain 4000" the kids all have to write essays about nature. Wendy writes about dolphins but Cartman actually wins. The conversation goes like this:

Cartman	I'm gonna be on television, I'm gonna be on television…
Stan	We don't believe for a minute that you won that contest fairly, fat boy.
Cartman	Egh, stop defending your little girlfriend for writing about some stupid fish.
Stan	Dude, dolphins are intelligent and friendly.
Cartman	Intelligent and friendly on rye bread with some mayonnaise.
Stan	Dolphins are way smarter than you!
Cartman	If they're so smart, why do they live in igloos?

Classic.




Three photos of on of the jumping dolphins. I think I need to Photoshop this image to make it a bit more dramatic. Watch out for it in future posts!