15 Evil Things Dolphins Do That You Never Knew

Pop culture has made dolphins a symbol of childish quirkiness and peace. Anyone who sees the creatures imagines them as playful animals that love being around humans.

However, beneath the amazing fun facts about these animals lie deep dark secrets and information that are terrifying and outright evil. Today, we will learn 15 evil dolphin facts that will shock you. So relax, and let’s go on a ride.

Flash Facts

Dolphins Are Baby Killers

It doesn’t take a genius to realize that a creature who kills a defenseless baby has evil rooted within it. In fact, throughout human history, the idea of killing babies has been used as an effective propaganda method to dehumanize many groups of people.

However, what if you learned dolphins are sometimes baby killers? That’s right, the so-called playful and joyful animals that roam the seas bully and kill babies of other species.

One incident that gained a lot of fame was the discovery by scientists who saw some dolphins actively ending the life of a baby porpoise. Many theories have suggested the animals may have seen the porpoises as competition, so they tried taking them down.

Sexual Predators to Humans

Before you go off jumping into the same pool as a dolphin, you should first learn about their sexual deviancy.

The creatures’ sexual drives are through the roof, and scientists learned they could be sexually attracted to and try to rape humans; this discovery was made on dolphins in captivity, and many researchers have cited extreme stress and trauma as the cause for such deviant behavior.

Infanticide

Besides killing the babies of other species, dolphins also kill babies of their species because it triggers the female to become ready to get pregnant again; this gives a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘Nature is Brutal,’ doesn’t it?

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Kidnappers and Gang Rapists

Besides killing babies, dolphins are also notorious kidnappers. It’s observed that groups of male dolphins sometimes come together and take a female from her group. They then proceed to take turns raping the female until they finish. Females are also evil and commit this act.

Wow, intelligent animals can sometimes be evil, can’t they?

Baby Toy

Imagine the amount of outrage that would occur if people found out someone was using a baby as a toy. Well, dolphins don’t mind using babies as toys. These playful creatures sometimes take turns tossing vulnerable babies of other animals, including sharks.

STIs

Some people may not know that animals carry and infect other animals with STIs. From Syphilis in rabbits to Herpes in baboons, animals are not free from STIs. The same goes for dolphins, who are known to sometimes be infected with Genital Warts and Gammaherpesviruses.

Alert Predators

Because dolphins can sleep with half of their brain, they can remain active and alert for about 15 days in a row; this is together with the fact that they are brutal predators who hunt in predefined formations. Scary, right? How can a creature be asleep and still conscious of prey?

Playing With Food

It may not be a crime to waste food, but playing with living food feels so evil.

Dolphins toss around fish and squids until they are too tired to fight. Talk about breaking the prey’s spirit before munching them.

Weird Sexual Biology

Now, having penises and vaginas is not weird in itself, but some animals have evolved sexual organs that make it impossible for the opposite gender to refuse copulation. Dolphins are one such as they have prehensile penises that are like a hook; this makes it impossible for a female to wiggle her way out.

Pleasure with Decapitated Animals

Now, you may have thought the facts above are mild, but some dolphins indulge in bunker acts like masturbating with a beheaded fish. Yeah, they can be so deviant to this extent.

Famous Biters

When they are not killing babies or playing with live food, dolphins can resort to undue aggression. Because of how prone they are to violence, many people avoid getting too close as they could also pull one into the water besides biting them.

Though they can be violent, there is only one recorded case of a dolphin killing a human, and it took place in 1994 off the coast of São Paulo in Brazil.

They Get Intoxicated

It’s no surprise that animals use poisons to get intoxicated. Dolphins play with toxic fish, not to eat them, but to get high. What thoughts do they have when they are in the cloud? What do you think they imagine when they are high? Tell us in the comments.

They Invent New Methods of Killing

Everyone knows dolphins are intelligent, but some may not know that they are incredibly good at creating new methods of prey hunting. They invent new strategies and formations to catch food and hunt in groups of thousands.

They Know What They’re Doing

Most people excuse animal behavior as an act of instinct. However, dolphins seem to enjoy torturing their food, raping females, and taunting vulnerable creatures. It is uncertain if they all engage in these acts, but it does sound scary, right?

They are Horny to Another Level

From the facts above, you already know that dolphins can be sexual deviants, but what you don’t know is that they sometimes form homosexual relationships with male dolphins to capture females better. That’s not just sus but SUPER SUS.

Conclusion

That’s all we have for now. We hope you enjoyed learning about these weird dolphin facts and found it fun and educational. Don’t forget to leave us a comment and share, they helps us a lot. You can also check out 10 Interesting Axolotl Facts and 20 Exciting Whale Facts to learn more about sea creatures.