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On Thursday I went to Santa Catalina Island with my family on our sailboat (36'), which might get sold this year. Catalina was pretty, with a very cute little tourist town, and apparently an enormous herd of buffalo, though I can't say I saw any from the harbor.

I saw dolphins on the way to the island. Big, fast, gray ones; a pair of them fishing. They swam under the boat and dove in and out of the water off to the side of us for a minute or two, before swimming away. This made my weekend; I haven't seen dolphins since sailing in Monterey Bay, at least 5 or 6 years ago.

It's hard to be anything but stupidly happy when looking at dolphins. They really are as cool as you expect them to be. By logic, there's no wild animal whose mere proximity should bring you unencumbered joy and the potent urge to jump up and down and squeal like a child one quarter your age, but dolphins can do that to you. I'm of the opinions that dolphins would do that to most people, if they ever got close enough. Even hard-bitten criminals would be forced to shoulder their semi-automatics, flick their unfiltered cigarettes, and mutter, "Jolly good show, eh? Anyone got bread or somm'at we can toss?"

And they would talk that way, too. Around the dolphins.

Date: 2008-05-19 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] faoiltiamatani.livejournal.com
I think part of what makes dolphins so interesting to us is they may be the only wild animal that loves interacting with people and will do so of their own volition. Most wild animals won't have anything to do with us, unless we perhaps coax them close with food. Dolphins just enjoy the company! It really has a powerful effect.

Date: 2008-05-19 02:48 am (UTC)
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And they would talk that way, too. Around the dolphins.

Heh!

Date: 2008-05-19 03:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yanocchi.livejournal.com
Dolphins: more like "d'awww!"lphins.

Or something like that... ;3

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