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Dolphin Obesity: A Growing Problem

Category: aquariumdolphinweird japanese
Posted on: September 30, 2008 2:46 PM, by ableiman

Aquarium staff at Kinosaki Marine World in western Japan recently noticed that their dolphins were less acrobatic in their performances and more lethargic in general. Concerned about their health, the dolphins were weighed and found to be significantly heavier since only a few months prior. Apparently a fattier mackeral, their typical breakfast, lunch, and dinner, was to blame. Aquarists quickly started calling the dolphins "fatty" and "fatty-fat-fat" and telling them no one would love them in an effort to get them to throw-up their meals after eating them. When that failed, they tried putting them on a diet and an increased exercise regimen, which appears to be working. This story was only worth posting because of these pics of fat dolphins I found:

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I'm big boned!

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A niche fetish within a niche fetish. We just made one total weirdos day.

Thanks to enterprise search guru Chris Cleveland for forwarding along.

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Good god, that pic on the bottom is absolutely adorable. I don't know why he's out of the water though, that's a bit troubling.

"I won't be doing any tricks until the presence of cookies is established. No Oreo, no flip de flip.'

Posted by: Jenbug | September 30, 2008 3:37 PM

I assume the picture on the bottom is a small sculpture resting on a stump/brick. Dolphins can't support their own weight on a beach of sand, let alone on hard surfaces.

Posted by: Sobex | September 30, 2008 5:03 PM

Sobex - Close. It's actually a real fat baby dolphin that has been frozen solid and put on a post to warn other dolphins from stealing my brother's popsicles!

Posted by: Andrew | September 30, 2008 6:22 PM

Time to send Oprah's trainer to help. And maybe Dr. Phil too.

Posted by: Adrienne | September 30, 2008 8:08 PM

I blame global warming.

Posted by: vanderleun | September 30, 2008 9:34 PM

I knew it - manatees evolved from dolphins, in Southern US

Posted by: milkshake | October 1, 2008 4:00 PM

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