Animal Odd Couple: Curious Cat Plays with Dolphin
04/12/2011
We've seen curious cats play with their food, moths, iPads and even Crocodiles ...but a dolphin?! Srsly?
Check out one of the most improbable - and adorable - animal pairings you've ever seen! The folks on a tour boat certainly got a shock when their cat, Thunder, started making friends with a couple of gregarious dolphins. These unlikely friends are clearly smitten with each other - but what do you think is really happening here? Is the cat indeed nuzzling and "marking" the dolphin as some have theorized, or is it simply a case of opposites attracting?
Either way - enjoy this darling interspecies connection!
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too cute! they are both so delicate with each other
Posted by: Gaby | 04/12/2011 at 09:47 AM
Simply adorable. They show us that despite the differences, we all can get along.
Posted by: zike | 04/12/2011 at 09:58 AM
es lo mas raro q he visto pero a la ves lo mas tierno,ver q dos especies muy diferentes se puede llegar a tener un cariño tan especial
Posted by: enma sandoval | 04/12/2011 at 11:18 AM
i love this video
very cute! ^^
Posted by: Beatriz | 04/12/2011 at 04:43 PM
Ohhhh,so lovely.
Posted by: Richilie | 04/12/2011 at 05:06 PM
So cute! I wanna be the cat!
Posted by: Selena | 04/12/2011 at 08:16 PM
i m an animal lover myself..simply adorable watching 2 species interacting in their own special way melts my heart..heartwarming n touching video..simply enjoyed it n thks 4 posting it...
Posted by: asher pang | 04/12/2011 at 08:17 PM
It's fantastic, I love cats, but to see this video it's wonderful.
Posted by: cristina | 04/12/2011 at 10:49 PM
This is a wonderful clip. Whoever knows the couple or the cat owner, hey Ellen Degeneres wants to contact them ....
Posted by: Lena | 04/12/2011 at 11:04 PM
We have to learn a lot from animals, their pure love,simplicity,and most important to get along with others
Posted by: Ingrid J. Gonzalez | 04/13/2011 at 12:03 PM
es lo mas hermoso q puede existir de berian adoptar esos sentimientos los humanos no hey diferencia para el amor,cariño ni solidaridad aunque se trate de dos especies difenetes yo amo a los animales en especial a los gatos y si fuera x mi viviria con una camara atras de mi gato para q todos vieran lo especial q pueden ser cuando se les da amor,y asi deveria pasa con todos nuestros semejantes. pas y amos gente linda!!!!!!!!
Posted by: mariana skocaj | 04/14/2011 at 03:41 PM
Can you please post this on your site that this took place at Theater of the Sea, a wonderful home for animals in Islamorada, FL. My sister is the curator there. Thank you! :)
Posted by: Paige | 04/15/2011 at 10:21 AM
started making friends with a couple of gregarious dolphins. These unlikely friends are clearly smitten with each other - but what do you think is really happening here? Is the cat indeed nuzzling and "marking" the dolphin as some have theorized, or is it simply a case of opposites attracting?
Posted by: kosmo disk | 08/16/2011 at 05:31 AM
So cute! OMGGGG!!!!!!!!! KAWAIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Fall Asleep | 08/23/2011 at 02:16 AM
while this was very cute to watch, the sad fact is that those dolphins live a sad life in captivity. Most likely, they were trained to approach the cat and the cat did what cats do. No marine mammal has a happy life in any kind of captive home.If you love dolphins, Go see them in the wild and don't pay these kinds of places, which perpetuates the cruelty. Shame on Animal Planet for posting this, especially after the series Blood Dolphins.
Posted by: AC | 12/27/2011 at 01:11 PM
Highly descriptive post, I enjoyed that bit. Will there be a part 2?
Posted by: Baby Items | 11/30/2012 at 07:56 AM