Dolphin Ring in 925 Silver and Opal Stone

Dolphins are very intelligent animals and enjoy playing with each other, jumping and splashing the water, as well as exploiting the waves generated by the keel of boats or by large whales to be able to move effortlessly: however, they are great swimmers, so much so that , with their maximum speed of 40 km/h and more, they are considered among the fastest cetaceans. They emit remarkable and differentiated verses with which they communicate: there seems to be a regionalization of the types of sounds, with a substratum of common sounds and others instead typical of certain populations or groups. In any case, the different tonality and frequency of the sound indicates a different content of the message.

Compared to the bottlenose dolphin "cousin", the common dolphin is much less known to the layman, mainly because bottlenose dolphins, much easier to raise and train, are much more common in water parks: the common dolphin, on the other hand, proves to be extremely shy in captivity .

A new Australian study, after 10 years of observations, reveals surprising rituals of a local species of dolphins, which offer gifts to conquer females: not bouquets of flowers but large and colorful sea sponges uprooted from the seabed. They have also been seen, and filmed, 'throwing' the sponge towards the female with their muzzles, in a possible sign of affection and strength.

During the research, the scientists of the University of Western Australia observed hump-fin dolphins ( Sousa sahulensis ), common in the north-west of the continent, which 'gifted' sponges to females, on 17 occasions in a span of 1700 kilometres. The behavior has been observed in several colonies, according to the study published in Scientific Reports (Nature). Sometimes the females continued to ignore the attentions of the male until the male, probably frustrated, 'throw' the sponge in the direction of the female.

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