Dolphins

"[O]n the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much — the wheel, New York, wars and so on — whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man — for precisely the same reasons."

"No more exulting o'er the buoyant sea High shall I raise my head in gambols free; Nor by some gallant ship breathe out the air, Pleas'd with my own bright image figur'd there. The storm's black mist has forc'd me to the land, And laid me lifeless on this couch of sand."

"Round thee sport in joyous rout Lightly leaping, gleaming, glancing, Tossing in their finny dancing Bristly mane and flattened snout, Dolphins, whom the Muse enthrals— Playmates ’neath the briny waters Chasing Amphitrite’s daughters In the Nereids’ halls."

"Dolphins are not automatic air-breathers like we are. Every breath is a conscious effort. If life becomes too unbearable, the dolphins just take a breath and they sink to the bottom. They don't take the next breath."

"I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together We can beat them, forever and ever Oh, we can be heroes just for one day."

"And yet I swear by the sacred name of my creator that it was true. It was true sunshine; the true music; the true splash of the fountains from the mouth of stone dolphins."

"... On a research trip in , I broke my foot. Undeterred, the next day I entered the water with my swollen foot. I was with about a dozen other s. Two s approached us and headed straight for me. I felt an intense "buzz" of , which vibrated through my injured foot then dissipated as it travelled up my leg. The dolphins then moved on to investigate the rest of our group, as if my foot was the only interesting thing about me. No one else indicated that they were echolocated on during that encounter."

"Though pleased to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way."

"Then, cleaving the grass, gazelles appear (The gentler dolphins of kindlier waves)."

"Write by WASTE. The government will open it if you use the other. The dolphins will be mad. Love the dolphins."

"Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song."

"Where, like Arion on the dolphin’s back, I saw him hold acquaintance with the waves So long as I could see."

"I saw the porpus how he bounced and tumbled... They say they’re half fish, half flesh."

"When you drove the course for Divodāsa and for Bharadvāja, Aśvins, urging your steeds onward, your accompanying chariot conveyed wealth. A bull and a river dolphin were yoked to it.Conveying wealth with good rule and a full lifetime with good descendants and good men, Nāsatyas, you two of one mind journeyed here with the prizes of victory to the wife of Jahnu, who was setting your portion three times a day."