"Facts" culled from the internet about our Demi-loving friend, the dolphin:
-Humans, dolphins and Bonobo Chimpanzees are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (source)
-When dolphins sleep, they sleep in a semi-alert state by resting one side of their brain at a time. (source)
-Every dolphin has its own signature whistle to distinguish itself from its companions. (source)
-Dolphins can act as women's mid-wives. (source and account)
-Dolphins can "see" a woman's pregnancy. Dolphin sonar passes through water and does not reflect until it hits something like bone or air sacs. Since animal bodies are more than 50% water, their sonar enables them to "see" inside other animals. (source)
-Humans with ailments ranging from cerebral palsy to cancer experience marked remission or other measures of improvement following personal exposure to dolphins. (source)
-Dolphins' ultrasonic emissions can reach an intensity capable of destroying or reorganizing living tissue. (source)
-The research group Aquathought has found that 80% of people who swim with dolphins have a change in brain wave patterns from beta to theta states of consciousness. This explains why many participants experience states of bliss, ecstasy, deep peace, and a sense of well being. (source)
-Dolphin brains are always synchronized between left and right hemispheres. Human brains are not – but are found to become synchronized after swimming with dolphins. This phenomena has been known to support altered states of consciousness, and even out of body experiences. (source)
-It is believed that dolphins “see” holographically and so experience themselves as part of a whole, instead of the individuated identity that we have. That means they also see us in our wholeness. (source)
The real test is to see what OTHER phenomena cause such things as human hemisphere synchronization, shift to theta waves, cancer remission (I'm very skeptical of this, the source gives no citations), and so on. For instance, apparently simply juggling a ball from your right to your left, left to right, on and on, achieves the same synchronization and relaxation effects, as does standing on one leg, then the other, for as long as possible. So it's not necessarily anything mystical or anything to do with dolphins inherently. Also, shift to theta waves could just be due to the novelty and joy of strange sensations. What about somone habituated to swimming with dolphins, do they show the same effects? All very iffy, but interesting. . .
Posted by: Pierre Menard on July 23, 2003 08:30 PM
http://www.dolphinsex.org/
Posted by: tobo on July 25, 2003 12:27 PMPierre, here's another link on that subject. (Haven't yet read it.)
Some more links here and here.
Posted by: Nathalie Chicha on July 26, 2003 05:33 AM