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Rare footage captured of interspecies infanticide by dolphins off Welsh coast (www.theguardian.com)

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They had been hoping for a nice day out on the bay. Instead, dolphin-watching tourists in Wales were confronted with the shocking and grisly sight of four adult bottlenose dolphins pursuing and killing a common dolphin calf.

The trip, in Cardigan Bay, was operated by Dolphin Spotting Boat Trips and the Sea Watch Foundation (SWF), a charity that monitors the dolphins in the bay to inform and advise on their conservation status and protection.

Dylan Coundley-Hughes, an intern with the SWF, was on the trip, on which tourists go dolphin-watching alongside experts who are photographing and collecting data on the cetacean population.

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[–] Murvel@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

The act of cruelty is a known phenomenon amongst animals but is about as understood as cruelty in man.

At the same time, kindness and selflessness have also been observed amongst animals.

Fascinating really.

[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They really are just like us. Remarkable.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago

So Majestic