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"World's Ugliest" Dolphins Filmed for the First Time

Category: dolphin
Posted on: August 5, 2008 3:46 PM, by Benny Bleiman

Australian snubfin dolphins. They don't look so ugly to us, but then again, Andrew and I are hideous to behold ourselves.

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Bah, those are cute beasties! Here I was expecting something to curl my (dwindling supply of) hair. So they've got a bit of a snub nose -- still charming as heck.

Posted by: G Barnett | August 5, 2008 4:59 PM

Even if they were ugly (which they aren't! They're cute!), it's extremely rude of people to call them that.
Hmph!

Posted by: Hypatia | August 5, 2008 6:42 PM

Wow cool! My vote for World's Ugliest Dolphin goes to Don Shula though.

Posted by: Homie Bear | August 5, 2008 6:49 PM

They kinda look like beluga whales (in the face, at least). Nothing ugly about that!

Posted by: teej | August 5, 2008 6:57 PM

From what I saw in that video, my vote is for the boto river dolphin--that's the Amazonian pink one. And even so, it's really the particular one in the particular shot. Maybe it's just one ugly dolphin named Orville or something who's unattractive.

Posted by: booge | August 9, 2008 10:24 PM