Monday, August 31, 2009

Scientists: Don't feed the dolphins - al.com

Scientists: Don't feed the dolphins - al.com: "At 15 inches, the red snapper was an inch shy of being legal. Tossed overboard instead of into the icebox, the fish seemed lucky.

But then, before the snapper had even managed to turn itself upright in the water, a bottlenose dolphin swallowed it whole.

Other fish being reeled in at the same spot simply disappeared off the line a few feet under the boat, also likely eaten by one of the numerous dolphins seen around the Lady Ann, according to scientists and fishermen aboard the boat during a recent research cruise from Dauphin Island."