Love the Dolphins

[David Morris]

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=humannews&StoryID=1047280

Sexually Frustrated Dolphin Sparks AlertLONDON (Reuters) - Swimmers have 
been warned to stay away from a sexually frustrated dolphin off an English 
seaside resort after it tried to lure unwary humans out to sea in a bid to 
mate with them.

The Times newspaper said on Tuesday that the bottlenose dolphin, nicknamed 
Georges, had arrived off Weymouth, Dorset, about two months ago after 
following a trawler across the Channel.

"This dolphin does get very sexually aggressive. He has already attempted to 
mate with some divers," U.S. marine mammal expert Ric O'Barry told the 
paper.

"When dolphins get sexually excited, they try to isolate a swimmer, normally 
female. They do this by circling around the individual and gradually move 
them away from the beach, boat or crowd of people."

O'Barry said the dolphin, which weighs an estimated 400 lbs (180 kg), would 
get very excited and rough and try to mate with the swimmer, possibly 
causing them to drown.




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