do dolphins get aroused over us when we touch there genitals?
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Okay, all very cute answers.  But here a more serious one.  Indeed, there have been reports of dolphins kept in captivity that got aroused by physical interactions with their trainers.  In one of these incidences, the trainer was in the water with the animal and touching its belly, upon which the male dolphin sported an erection and the penis popped out its pouch.  Now, was that true arousal?  Probably.  What does it mean?  Possibly a very close relationship (of course not sexual) of the trainer and the animal, possibly a sign of trust, maybe more, who knows.  Now, I can't recall ever having heard about anyone touching the dolphins genitals to go further.  \n\nCan I ask you something?  Why do you want to know????  I am not sure it's safe to say, dolphins are the better lovers...  (Swim carefully, young grashopper...)
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There are a lot of urban myths, this could be one. Still it is possible that a social animal like dolphins may try to help a human in distress. I suspect that they would easily detect our panic with their hearing. I doubt that it is totally instinctive since there is no apparent value to the dolphin. It could be play. Have you seen the footage of killer whales tossing seal cubs around as toys? Unfortunately there are records of dolphin pods fighting each other.
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Yep. Dolphin attacks on humans are about as common as shark attacks. The difference is that dolphin attacks are very rarely serious enough to require hospitalisation and never fatal. As a result people know that sharks are prone to attacking humans but largely ignorant of dolphin attacks on people.\n\nIt's amazing how many people believe that dolphins won;t attack people.\n\n\nIn the past few months there have been reports of dolphins “attacking” humans that have come to interact with them. The latest are those of a 12 year old girl, a 34 year old woman, a 26 year old mother of two, and a 10 year old boy. All of these victims were not seriously injured, but were very frightened by their experience.\n\nDolphins, as well as other mammals, have a natural instinct regarding eating, mating, and social interaction. By humans coming into the world of dolphins they may interrupt the dolphins routine. This may be distressing to the dolphins, which may show this by attempting to get the human to flee, as they would with anything else they see as a threat.\n\n Further damaging a reputation tarnished by reports of violence, a bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Florida bit a 14-year-old French tourist who tried to pet it this week. The girl, who was swimming in the Intracoastal Waterway near Nokomis, Fla., suffered only minor cuts and bruises. She was taken to a local hospital, treated and released.\n\nWhile this attack certainly wasn’t fierce, local whale and dolphin experts say it may serve to accelerate a changing view of dolphins in the wild. The incident comes just months after an extensive report published in The New York Times cited similar occasions on which the seemingly friendly creatures display violence toward humans. In this case, 14-year-old Pricilla Jones was the unassuming victim. Witnesses say that Jones, a tourist from Paris, swam out to greet the dolphin and tried to pet it on the back. In response, the dolphin thrashed around in the water around her, biting her on the hand.
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From what science has been able to tell us, what we humans often refer to as "love" is, in fact, comprised of a number of different elements.\n\nPheromones, one of the basic components of smell, are picked up by receptors in the nose and converted to electrical impulses which tell areas of the brain that "here is someone to whom I could be attracted." "The evidence has now become quite strong that humans produce and detect pheromones," agreed Edward W. Johnson of Idaho State University in Pocatello. However, we should note that other researchers say more study is needed to find out if they are as powerful in humans as they are in other species.\n\nHumans, particularly males, are visually oriented, and sights that please us cause what is known as "pupillary dilation" (your pupils dilate when you see something you like).\n\n\n\nThe parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system which mediates sexual arousal, induces such responses as pupillary dilation. When two people look at each other at the same moment, and both sets of pupils dilate, the result is what some people refer to as "love at first sight." We're reacting to the reaction of the other person, as well as to our own reaction to them.\n\nHumans, particularly females, react strongly to the sense of touch. The outer covering of skin is our body's largest "part." Skin makes up about 15% of the body's weight, and occupies some 21 square feet of surface area. Being touched by someone lowers blood pressure, releases endorphins (the brain's equivalent of opium), and causes many other strongly positive reactions. One report of touch deprived women revealed that only a tiny percent had ever had an orgasm.\n\nTaken together, all of these responses lead to sexual attraction, which affects our emotions, which many people translate as "love."\n\nYet, humans, besides being rather sophisticated members of the animal kingdom, are also rational and rationalizing beings. True, at times our emotions can completely eliminate rational thought, but most people can, with a bit of practice, overrule their emotions and make rational decisions.\n\nEveryone who has been married, or has been in a long-term relationship, has had moments when they were so angry at the other that they began to question whether they truly "loved" the other person anymore. Where were all those feelings they had when the relationship was young? What happened to that pit of the stomach, semi-dizzy, giddy euphoria?\n\nIt's at these points when we need to come to the realization that "feelings" are great, but the real test of love is when the pressure's on and everything seems to be going to hell in a hand basket. This is when we need to remember that love is a decision even more than it is a set of feelings. Sometimes we need to call upon our rational natures, overrule our feelings, and decide to love the other.\n\nIn a classic "which came first" question, most people would protest that "love should come first," then the mind will follow. What people mean by this is that feelings of being "in love" should come before we decide that we're in love with another person, a kind of "engage feelings before putting mind in gear." Unfortunately this approach doesn't have a very good track record. When we allow our feelings to dictate our reactions to other people, we wind up on an emotional roller coaster, falling in and out of "love" with alarming regularity.\n\n\n\nthis was an excerpt from paradigmassociates.org
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Ever seen a dolphin with gills ?
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Probably not.  If you consider what an orgasm actually is, then you will understand that you could technically have an orgasm on any part of your body.  Paraplegics often use the ear as a location of having an orgasm.  If you are wondering about the specific anatomy of a human female, then that is debatable.  Most animals only use sex a means of procreation.  However, there are species, besides humans, who have sex for reasons other than procreation.  Is it for pleasure?  Who knows.  But, when your species has a relatively long gestation period, and most females only give birth to one baby at a time, there has to be some incentive to have sex to make sure that the species survives.
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actually, dolphins are the only other animal besides humans who enjoy sex. i was watching the discovery channel and these nasty dolphins were raping a baby orca whale. i cried
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Yes, they do.  It's called "estrus, but is often referred to as being "in heat", especially when referring to a household pet.
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It will vary from dolphin to dolphin. Certain dolphins will prefer different rewards over others. That is why dolphin trainers learn the personalities of the dolphins to see what they like as a reinforcement. Just like dogs, they preference over certain things.
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The dolphin's life can be, at times, very confusing. To make this easier to understand, we have made a cycle showing you the dolphins life. Like humans, dolphins are mammals. They give birth to live young. The only mammal that doesn't give birth to live young is the Platypus. Dolphinsare considered as one of the smartest animals in the world!  There life starts out when there babies, and when they grow older they choose which direction that their going to take. Most babies will stay with the pack that their mothers are in. When they are adults, they will find a mate. During the mating season, reproduction will occur.
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Touch your dogs privates.
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Regardless of what our opinions are, we have no way of knowing what any other animal's emotions are regarding sex-We have no idea if they feel pleasure, because we can't define that in other animals.  Other animals certainly feel compelled to have sex, and afterwards generally display behaviours associated with relaxation and satisfaction (such as is seen after eating a large meal).  But to say we know whether an animal is feeling pleasure gives us a lot more credit for understanding the inner workings of other animals than we deserve.
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They're the only animals on earth (other than humans) that have sex for pleasure. How much more intelligent could you get? :D
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they got no thumbs. but seriously animals don't have sex for pleasure with the exception of dalphins. so with that knolige they don't want to and their is no reason to feel bad for them.
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No, but they can grow Horny.
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People like dolphins because they are extremely intelligent and also they are able to harm the much hated shark. The noises they make are both high pitched and somehow friendly/playful. Because they interact with humans in a playful manner, it is easy for most people to grow attached to the sweet looking creatures.
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Yes.\n\nIt was amazing.\n\nI tapped my hand on top of the water and the female presented her dorsal fin for me to grab onto and be carried around.\n\nAnother signal had the male dolphin push me through the water Superman style by putting his nose on the bottom of my foot.