Brissy river dolphin

[BLOOEY]

Had this one come up to us the weekend before last in the brissy. Very cool but i think he scared all my threadies away. Ben

[Marlin_Mike]

was it missing a hunk of the top of its dorsal? might have been lilly

Mike

[TheRealAndy]

I have seen a dolphin several times between mud and st helena with the top of its dorsal fin missing!

[BLOOEY]

Dorsal was still in tact.

[Poodroo]

I do get very worried about any animal including Dolphins that become too trusting in humans. I think it is great to be able to have a Dolphin come up to you so that you can touch it but there is always one sick person out there with a twisted mind who will eventually harm it. Sad but true. Here are some examples.
1/ Many years ago when I was only a kid we had visited the Loan Pine Sanctuary and spent quality family time patting the tame kangaroos and admiring the tame animals. The following week on all the news channels and in the papers it was revealed that some sicko tortured, clubbed, mamed, and shot most if not all of them.
2/ In the news only yesterday I hear about a young fellow who kicked a kitten to death. What a charming member of the community this one will be.
3/ Some years ago in NSW there was a tame Dolphin that always came into the shallows for a pat and a feed. It was found dying with several arrows stuck in it.

I think the best thing is to leave them alone and let them commune with nature rather than gain trust in humans. Sorry if this is a negative reply. I am not a greenie but I do appreciate animals and hate hearing about them being harmed on the news.

Regards.

Poodroo

[Little grey men]

Heres one for you Poodroo.

Years ago I went to the reptile park up the coast with a mate who was a bit of an idiot about this sort of thing. We were watching a girl rub a kangaroos chest. After she left my stupid mate walked up to the kangaroo and started scratching it. He then gave it a clip behind the ear, thinking this was somehow funny.
The kangaroo proceeded to kick him in the nads and chase him right across the park...he was screaming for help and I could barely move I was laughing so hard.
That little roo chased him for about five minutes. Lesson learned for him.

[disorderly]

I do get very worried about any animal including Dolphins that become too trusting in humans. I think it is great to be able to have a Dolphin come up to you so that you can touch it but there is always one sick person out there with a twisted mind who will eventually harm it. Sad but true. Here are some examples.

I think the best thing is to leave them alone and let them commune with nature rather than gain trust in humans. S

Regards.

Poodroo

Yes I totally agree Poodroo we certainly have some f@cked up specimens of human beings...I remember as a teenager finding out that some total degenerates had killed and dismembered most of the animals in our schools agricultural department....such a senseless and brutal attack on totally placid and defenceless animals was unimaginable to me at that time....these days however I am constantly bombarded by news reports about the horrors we commit upon one another that I think we are kidding ourselves if we really think we have risen much above the instinctual animal stage of evolution...we sometimes as a race are worse than animals because we actually have been blessed with the intelligence to rise above it..but all we seem to do is too use that intelligence to devise more efficient ways to kill,maim and destroy others...man...we are a piece of work all right.

Scott

[Roo]

Heres one for you Poodroo.

Years ago I went to the reptile park up the coast with a mate who was a bit of an idiot about this sort of thing. We were watching a girl rub a kangaroos chest. After she left my stupid mate walked up to the kangaroo and started scratching it. He then gave it a clip behind the ear, thinking this was somehow funny.
The kangaroo proceeded to kick him in the nads and chase him right across the park...he was screaming for help and I could barely move I was laughing so hard.
That little roo chased him for about five minutes. Lesson learned for him.

Yeah, stick it to him brother!!!

[tailorboi99]

I do get very worried about any animal including Dolphins that become too trusting in humans. I think it is great to be able to have a Dolphin come up to you so that you can touch it but there is always one sick person out there with a twisted mind who will eventually harm it. Sad but true. Here are some examples.
1/ Many years ago when I was only a kid we had visited the Loan Pine Sanctuary and spent quality family time patting the tame kangaroos and admiring the tame animals. The following week on all the news channels and in the papers it was revealed that some sicko tortured, clubbed, mamed, and shot most if not all of them.
2/ In the news only yesterday I hear about a young fellow who kicked a kitten to death. What a charming member of the community this one will be.
3/ Some years ago in NSW there was a tame Dolphin that always came into the shallows for a pat and a feed. It was found dying with several arrows stuck in it.

I think the best thing is to leave them alone and let them commune with nature rather than gain trust in humans. Sorry if this is a negative reply. I am not a greenie but I do appreciate animals and hate hearing about them being harmed on the news.

Regards.

Poodroo

I agree, I wouldn't like to see ANY animal hurt... I would have clubbed those guys for doing such things not with a base ball bat but a sledge hammer..

Sad people out there..

Cheers

[Stuart]

disorderly

I couldn’t agree more with you mate. I really wonder why we are the dominant species on this planet; we certainly don’t deserve to be. There are some very sick degenerates around us and I can tell you I don’t stand for it. I have been in a few punch ups over crap like that.

[kingtin]

In the news only yesterday I hear about a young fellow who kicked a kitten to death. What a charming member of the community this one will be.

Poodroo

Don't get me feckin' going!

Unfortunately, the magistrate in his wisdom, allowed this worthless piece of shit back into the community. There is well documented research that many kids who damage animals, go onto damage other human beings later in life. It is also documented that the later in youth years that they do it, the more likely they are to offend against humans and the more serious is the offence likely to be.

So here's me, armed with what should be general knowledge, here's the magistrate that should be armed with a lot more, and here's this useless piece of faeces, leaving the court with a grin on his face and a finger to the cameras.................What is wrong with this namby pamby justice system that allows this obviously likely re-offender back into a society that should be screaming for tougher penalties?

I don't like cats but I despise humans who should know better...............cats and humans are the only animals who kill for pleasure.............perhaps we deserve each other?

kev

[Outsider1]

If you believe the story on Current Affair, he had also threatened the family that owned the kitten and dobbed him in (a single mother family), spray painted threats on their garage and threatened the mother face to face, and forced them to move out of the area.

I am always cautious with current affair program stories, so many are beat ups, but I saw no redeeming features that this "young bloke" had to offer either.

Either way the DPP must be going to appeal that one you would think!

Cheers

Dave

[kingtin]

Either way the DPP must be going to appeal that one you would think!

Cheers

Dave

That's being left to the RSPCA to do. It's a bugger when a cash strapped charity has to use more cash, to deter scum like that.

kev

[BLOOEY]

I see your points. Maybe i am a little naieve, but i think the majority of people wouldn't dream of hurting such an awesome wild animal. There will always be the odd scumbag that might but i count myself very lucky to be able to interact with such a creature. Ben

[Poodroo]

I see your points. Maybe i am a little naieve, but i think the majority of people wouldn't dream of hurting such an awesome wild animal. There will always be the odd scumbag that might but i count myself very lucky to be able to interact with such a creature. Ben

Yeah Ben we all can consider ourselves very fortunate that we live in a country where we can experience something as great as that. Firstly I congratulate you on being one of the majority who not only would not harm such a beautiful creature but the fact you appreciate them so much to warrant sharing your experience with the rest of us. It is unfortunate that I had to raise the point but like they say it is always the minority who do the wrong thing that spoil it for the rest of us. Dolphins are really beautiful and therefore need to remain a little wary of humans and the potential threat they can be to them. Thanks for your thread!

Poodroo