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Dolphins Communicate with 'Fountains of Pee'

by hilux on 4/25/25, 4:58 PM with 17 comments

  • by arkmm on 4/25/25, 6:34 PM

    Going to have to update the tokenizer for DolphinGemma

    https://blog.google/technology/ai/dolphingemma/

  • by 2-3-7-43-1807 on 4/25/25, 7:42 PM

    I wish I could do that, too. But I'm suffering from Paruresis aka Shy Bladder Syndrome. Really weird condition. Mostly just a mild nuisance at worst. But there is this phenomenon where you have to pee when scuba diving even if you don't drink more than absolutely necessary. Twice I was stuck on a speed boat bumping up and down while my bladder was full to the brim - that is very painful ... everybody just merrily spreading their fountains of pee off the deck. Anyone here successfully made peace with their inner dolphin?
  • by fracus on 4/25/25, 8:23 PM

    It speculates that peeing in the air may signal the dolphin's health or social status. It must suck to be a loser dolphin who can't signal lest he get ostracized further. Nature is cruel, and this practice, if true, I would imagine, would speed up natural selection. Kind of like if humans would voluntarily share their wealth status. Wait, I guess we do do that.
  • by dole on 4/25/25, 6:00 PM

    Aerial urination is challenge pissing. That dolphin gets a $0 down payment on a new car.
  • by drcongo on 4/25/25, 6:30 PM

    I saw Fountains of Pee on the pyramid stage at Glasto back in the 90s.
  • by milleramp on 4/25/25, 6:31 PM

    No videos..
  • by alganet on 4/25/25, 5:32 PM

    I have translated what they are saying:

    "Peeing in public again, Billy? Can you please stop that? It's disgusting."