Amazing Dolphin Painting | MUST SEE!!

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I noticed that one dolphin of the group was looking more "aware" than the other, so I decided to see how she will do with painting. I've seen a LOT of facilities where doing this already, so nothing was really new at first. That's why I wanted to push the experience further, to see if this dolphin could be aware of what she was doing, instead of just holding a pencil, and having someone moving the sheet, like I noticed in some other facility. In my case, the frame is stable on a platform and I'm not holding it or touching it. Also, the dolphin is outside as well and stable, so what she wanted to do is also not influenced by the movement of the water.
As you can see, the video speaks by itself, and I was quite pleased by the results. This dolphin was so enjoying it at the end, than even sometimes she was doing it without any primary reinforcement. Look correctly at the video, you can actually see her looking at what she did between each time she draw. :)
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[@kanekikeng6338]

The dolphin is like "It's not my fault my eyes are at the side of my head"

[@byronperkins684]

So true

[@tpowell453]

Nature made them really good at evading sharks. Painting in color on land, not so much. lol

[@deaththekid4143]

Kaneki Ken "σηє єує∂ gнσυℓ" ワンアイド Dolphins have binocular vision so the can see ahead just fine

[@rippleeffect75]

I used to go & visit sunset sam every time I went to stay at Gulfport (just down the road) he was blind in one eye!

[@laurengala3441]

So beautiful.....

[@foxymutt1235]

I want to become friends with a dolphin 😂 they're so sweet, cute, and super smart!!

[@jacasoasheland6815]

Dolphin was being polite & didnt want to knock over the flimsy stand, thats why he was barely hitting the paper

[@somacruz7759]

Interesting how dolphins seem to have better manners than us humans.

[@ivyme5783]

Soma Cruz or perhaps the eyes are on each side of the head and dolphins cannot see well right in front of them

[@iandoobz6799]

nah it's cause she was trying to see the paper.

[@harrymonk6]

@Юля proof?

[@vg6761]

Thats why it only painted when he held onto the stand

[@BigMTBrain]

I'm pretty sure that several times I heard the dolphin say, "DAMN! Where's the Undo button?"

[@orangelo4579]

BigMTBrain 😂😂😂😂

[@sideways_chip_eater6420]

I love how the dolphin just slides up with a smile like "haaaayyyy"

[@cherrypoutines6269]

Maybe it would help it you put the canvas on the side and the paintbrush perpendicular to its mouth. I don't know much about daulphins, but they look like they see more on the side. That way they can see what they're drawing.

[@nihilisticmisanthrope6675]

***** Dolphins have binocular vision. They can see straight ahead just fine.

[@ignatiuskok1635]

+sharon shen of course you are right dolphins do not see the point of their mouth!!!

[@victoriav8124]

Dolphins have binocular vision. They have a blind spot directly in front of them and directly behind them. Like a horse or cow.

[@spark300c]

they fairly good eye sight but they can not see directly in front of them close up and it is why you see the dolphin turn it head so it see what it painted.

[@danielebiagi3813]

Probably he can draw better underwater

[@MysticJule]

dolphins voice are so cute!!!

[@dolphinlover6438]

I know they always kills me with cuteness....

[@bonto42]

Damn, the noises they make are so surreal.

[@McWacked]

There make noise like that for call mating or owner

[@boganscott8346]

+bonto almost like the predator.

[@jbathini]

Don’t say bad words.

[@GenXstacker]

Those are very useful noises for underwater echolocation I presume.

[@mannycalavera2335]

Aquatic aliens: "Day 258, the humans are growing more and more bizarre in their requests. I humor them. They still suspect nothing. Operations should proceed as planned"

[@tear728]

"Let's put a happy little tree right there. A little touch of Alizarin crimson and Phthalo Blue." - Dolphin

[@pseudonym5136]

....just a little happy Accident right here......

[@2sweet4ux3]

I find it very impressive to see that the dolphin actually draws different shapes in different colours, such as the waves in blue (and lilac) and this kind of hooves in red ! It actually looks like an underwater-theme with fishes, starfishes...and laser beams coming out of the ground :D :)

[@dolphinlover6438]

Dolphins always not fail to kill me with cuteness gosh

[@fouff925]

I'd pay so much money for that painting...

[@frenchorcatrainer]

I still have one for sale :)

[@megagalaxyabsolpotato2395]

frenchorcatrainer how much

[@viajeIectrico]

I can give u like three fiddy

[@hds8182]

Funny how he never replied to buy the painting. Talking out yo ass boi

[@zappawoman5183]

It's very bright and cheery! I think the dolphin enjoyed doing it. They should sell the paintings and use the money for wildlife conservation or something.

[@JohnSmith-yh4qt]

I was closely watching the behavior of the dolphin. How it moves it's head from left to right due to the angle of it's eyes. It seems as though it cannot both look at the painting, and paint at the same time. Perhaps if you have another chance to do this activity with dolphins, try and put the canvas near the side of the dolphin, rather in front, and give the dolphin a brush in the shape of an L"" rather than an "I". That way the dolphin can both look at his creation, and create it, at the same time.

[@frenchorcatrainer]

Thank you for your input. I already thought about using a brush in the shape of an L. We shall see how this turn out next time I have the chance to work on similar project..

[@hrgwea]

+frenchorcatrainer Did you try this with the dolphin being in the water and some water-proof painting? It looks quite uncomfortable for the dolphin to handle the brush in that position. He has almost no mobility. Another possibility would be to use a touch screen. There are some tablets/smartphones that are water-proof.

[@frenchorcatrainer]

Don't worry, dolphins are really comfortable out of the water. I choose this particular dolphin because she love to spend lot of time on this platform actually. Beside, if we wanted the painting to be as accurate as possible, the animal had to be on a stable ground. Yes that will be the next step to involve something electronic such as a touch screen.

[@RennovaMOCs]

Do each of the dolphins have their own favorite color?

[@smartgadgets4470]

frenchorcatrainer

[@nswrth]

this is so adorable. I don't know they can stay on the ground for such a long time

[@theresalaura7858]

I agree with the previous comments, the dolphin is telling you that the easel is at an awkward angle and the brush needs to be curved. The dolphin is getting frustrated and trying to communicate this.

[@Thundertimi]

better painter than me

[@falconphoenix]

dolphins are really smart so it's normal for them to do this

[@Thundertimi]

So are humans, and yet i'm using drugs, alcohol, tobacco and have unprotected sex with strangers. It's normal for me :D

[@dolphinlover6438]

@@Thundertimi yeah humans trash in this world but not all humans but tons of them are

[@kittymalika2559]

@@dolphinlover6438 not all human are trash

[@kittymalika2559]

And not all animal is smart

[@benniegreen3529]

I can see a dolphin in the painting. With the eyes off to the side of its head, it'd be hard to see where you are painting. Which is where it comes off as abstract, but I think the dolphin is painting a dolphin. There is a fin that was made with intent. the blue j looking part in the upper left. There is an eye on the upper right. Then a top fin above the j. Then the tail fin being implied in the lower third of the left hand side. Pretty good for no hands painter with no hands.

[@StrawberryBeauty05]

THE DOLPHIN THAT PAINTED WITHTHE PURPLE BRUSH RIGHR??! I thought it was just me overanalyzing omg, i saw the dolphin in the purple strokes too!!🐬

[@NovaGN]

+Bennie Green Holy shit. I can see it. I'm paraphrasing here, but isn't it said that the true indicator of a society is one that is artistic? There has to be a way to create a harness that focuses the vision of a dolphin so it can see what its doing.

[@simonkieffer]

+Bennie Green ..... um suuuuuuuuurrreee no it's not there nothing but squiggly lines don't try to pretend that it's actually trying to paint a picture it's just making lines

[@Mysikrysa]

I don´t know what the dolphin is painting but you´re right about the fact she can´t see what she´s painting because of the position of her eyes.

[@griffinhail3821]

I thought the exact same thing, as the dolphin was drawing it

[@Puppiesrock687]

Great video! She is adorable, and very artistic, too! :) A couple years ago, I went to six flags, and they were selling paintings made by the animals, and there were a few by the orca. What caught my attention, is that one of them actually looked like a dolphin! It had the head, pectoral fins, dorsal fin, flukes, and even and extra line on the head as a snout! The trainers told me that once, she had drawn a self-portrait using black and white for herself. I thought that that was amazing.

[@Alisa07l]

Noticed how it takes it’s time when it paints. Dolphins are extremely intelligent

[@theherooffire007]

This must be one of the greatest, and cutest things I have ever seen. I love that dolphin. :D

[@randomtandem53]

Oh my dear... this was amazing! SO CUTE!!!!!!!!

[@edgeofsevnteen]

Friggin adorable! Who doesn't love a dolphin?

[@bwofff]

I love how the trainer tells the dolphin "very artistic" haha. So cute

[@JacksonofGod]

the fact that this thing knows how to associate the paint brush, paint, canvas or paper... and actually paint... bewilders me.. i frikkin love these animals!!

[@ivorytower99]

*You know what is a fascinating idea? Though some would say this dolphin is simply holding the brush in it's mouth and is trained to swat the brush against the piece of paper; yet, when one looks at the final product, it looks-like an aquatic, underwater scene - with a natural fluidity! Look at those two Venetian blue dashes of paint the dolphin painted in the upper left hand corner: other dolphins, possibly?*

[@RonRay]

Back in 1969, I was a painter at "The Aquatarium" in St. Petersburg Florida. The dolphin are so smart! I learned a LOT painting the rim around the main pool while the main dolphin was in that pool. He knew that bucket I was carrying didn't have fish, but he did every trick he knew at least 10 times each, then got mad because he didn't get rewarded and splashed me until we had to move him to another holding tank. (Sorry for the 'memory lane', but this brought it all back.) Love dolphins! ♥

[@Bodomi]

This makes me smile everytime. It's sad that not more people know these things about dolphins, like they can do math, paint as shown here and even in a video it communicates with a human and understands we are not dangerous and goes up to the person and ''asks'' him to remove tangled fishing line from it. Just search ''diver rescues tangled dolphin'' So beautiful, gives me chills when I see it hehe :D

[@keytracer]

@2:49 I can see at the top a bird flying to the left. The big purple that's on the left of the bird is probably a dolphin jumping out of the water. The blue strokes is ofcourse water.

[@MegaBeautifulTruth]

Dolphin: "Be very quiet, I'm finna' create a masterpiece." LOL

[@PianoGirl091]

The way he (she?) just slid out of the water and up onto the platform was cute. He looked excited. This video was very interesting! Thank you.

[@DaveTerrasidio]

Wow, amazing. LOVE the sounds they make, very Aphex Twin...

[@Ll-ug2wc]

This is why dolphins at my favorite animal! They are so cute and very smart! 💖

[@dolphinlover6438]

I know deez cuteness are priceless :""

[@number1anime]

This is awesome! I love the sounds they make, they are very soothing~

[@dannycrofts8138]

That dolphin was proper up for painting haha 😍👏🏼🐳 xxx

[@YvetteUgalde]

This is fascinating. I had no idea dolphins could do something like this.

[@bogdy2craizy]

Do what? Move a paint brush left and right?

[@TheMormonSorceress]

+Yvette Ugalde If you think that's fascinating what till you see some looking at them selves in a mirror!

[@YvetteUgalde]

Really cool, you can tell that it "knows" its doing it - just doesn't have small muscles developed like we do in our fingers and hands.

[@magikspells7235]

dolphins are very intelligent creatures

[@ouchsp]

I like how she seems to choose her colors and the exact places she wants to place them!

[@kyarytakemura3724]

Wow.... what an excellent painting, ♡♡♡

[@anaraquel1973]

A dolphin 🐬 Picasso!😊

[@sjonesrn1445]

Saw the dolphin paint a wave form on this one over and over at the top. The purple figure in the left upper corner is most interesting. Looks like a dolphin's nose, head tilted, and outstretched front flippers. I see various representations of people swimming in other places. My mom, an art teacher, would love this.

[@bsivoljr]

I love the sounds they make!!! So awesome!!!!

[@aquariumaster]

wow this is like the best job in the world, the dolphin seems so happy painting!

[@noobsonly3549]

Im litterley crying of cuteness

[@Alaudelara]

OMG i keep seeing dolphins in it's paintings :o AWESOME ^ w ^

[@kacikoch9224]

Adorable! Simply adorable! Sorry, I just LOVE dolphins! 😂🐬❤️

[@dolphinlover6438]

♡♡♡

[@SLuMberMoOn7]

😍 dolphin-speak, this just made my night

[@KittyCat-kn5vf]

Now this, is art, from nature. Probably priceless.

[@Bastformation]

Très impressionnant. Merci d'avoir partagé avec nous!

[@RawrMonstah21]

I notice how the dolphin turns his or her head before it paints. Love dolphins! Very intelligent creatures. :)

[@stuffjustgotreal]

this is awesome, i wonder can you teach it to make certain things

[@user-xe2vc1zs5c]

am i the only one who thinks its cute af when they do the weird sound?😂

[@RiesenWuschel]

This is unbelievable, they're so intelligent, gentle and creative, how can ppl still treat them like common animals?

[@sachonski]

Were they really truly inspired to paint? I mean, did they wanted just to paint? Or after the painting comes the candy?

[@SWLinPHX]

Just like any individual, some have artistic inspiration while others do not.

[@Prokure]

No they are very couriuos animals, so they love to interact and learn new skills. This is just like the mirror project where they see them self for the first time, they simply cant help put engage with the object and learn more about this new experience. but ofc it also wants fish,

[@CoLiNgErRoW]

Yes they were really inspired to paint! Everyday Flipper would come to us and ask for some new canvas and new shades of paint. We had a few meeting beforehand and we decided on a vote 4 out of 5 dolphins voted yes on painting : )

[@Prokure]

lluvianihilista Oh but they are. Sure they would do it for food. BUT dolphins are very curious beings, and LOOOOOVES to play. No matter what you present to them, they will make the best of it, and play with it. So they do it for both pleasure and food.

[@YesiAnya]

I believe they were testing how smart dolphins can be

[@AnnaKraft97]

It was so cute when she jumped out of the water and onto the platform and squeaked! So cute!

[@tpowell453]

After watching this I think we can conclude, definitively, that dolphins really like fish. A lot.

[@DragonGirl9897]

That painting is a masterpiece! lol

[@swagchompy2171]

2:54 Dolphin: Masterpiece!!

[@chicadelamancha]

Dolphins are really smart, congratulations on painting

[@jeremykiahsobyk102]

Get him a curved brush.

[@XxXkutsuuXxX]

Such emotional expression! :D I have never before seen such talent.

[@McHeisenburger]

That was adorable.

[@FreshCreativeFrog25]

Does anyone else see a purple dolphin figure on the top left? Dolphins are such beautiful and intelligent beings!

[@dolphinlover6438]

Im glad ●v●

[@bayporwave5328]

that is museum art right there

[@drag0nfis7]

Nice vid. I also noticed how (s)he made the same shape multiple times, like it knew what it was drawing. Amazing

[@professormcgonagall6224]

When a dolphin is more talented than you 😂

[@mypatronusisadolphin9693]

I like Harry Potter too ! Look at my name and profile!

[@Rabbishlover]

What adorable painting sounds it makes! :3

[@MrThrib]

Utterly awesome... but why not give them a pen? Why give them a paintbrush that runs out after half a stroke?

[@samika2143]

James Evans because what if the pen leaks? Or..... other reasons that I do not know

[@amychick1990]

Maybe the paint is like animal safe or something I dunno

[@highpineapple]

@@amychick1990 Those are watercolors. I'm pretty positive they're nontoxic.

[@soph_f16]

If they bite too hard on accident, the pen might explode and get ink in their mouths, I think it was just to prevent an accident

[@BeckyNosferatu]

hahah that's great. Dolphins are so smart, and I love their sounds!

[@tashaderpina275]

You should give them cones that they can fit onto their noses, with a pad of ink on the end like a stamp pad, and a very large canvas.

[@shesACE]

like the bingo stampers?

[@saskiavanhoutert3190]

Bij listening to the golfing sound the dolphin makes you can understand what he or she say's, the same I do by blackbirds at home. He likes it and is happy, thanks for showing and kind regards.

[@TheCuteKitty]

In my opinion, dolphins are the smartest animal.

[@bread5384]

They actually are.

[@dolphinlover6438]

Oh YASS LOVE YA'LL DOLPHIN LOVERSSS!!!

[@livinggarbage5168]

No humans and bonobos are but dolphins are still self aware

[@illegalpumpkin9896]

They are

[@fairyofthemounds]

Listening to whatever language it's talking in is more fun than watching it try to paint, to me! :)

[@TaiFerret]

Can dolphins even see colour?

[@ASKaPHYSICIST]

+TaiFerret they use sound for vision underwater. I'd say it would have made far more sense to give them an instrument to play.

[@S.M.Jean-Mahmoud_Ier]

+TaiFerret I've read somewhere that they see even more colors than we do...

[@caitlynv.2934]

Nope! They're colorblind.

[@simonkieffer]

***** ...... how do you know that........ you seem very certain

[@caitlynv.2934]

Simon Kieffer I've researched it before. Though they have excellent eye sight in and out of water, they are particularly lacking in color vision.

[@MultiDollar1234]

Dolphin: Hmm, what should I paint? hmm I know! *Dolphin paints Line* my masterpiece!!!

[@iquittheinternet7841]

who loves dolphins give me a like

[@dolphinlover6438]

:OOO

[@enigmatic7164]

My friend hates dolphin bc One attacked her

[@adamvonmarx8144]

Love dolphins but I'm not giving you a like.

[@chrissmolik8091]

I love dolphins

[@zebra8141]

Outstanding. I was mostly impressed by the loud clicks and squeals than the painting, but it was both well! I have never heard a dolphin before, so this explains it =3

[@FenderAddict93]

Aww. Now I feel like having a HUGE pool with a few dolphins in it. They're adorable. =')

[@zayyanhakim747]

Same

[@ivelithh]

AAWW thats sooo cute I hope ur dolphin gets famous :D!

[@BrotherAzrael]

Heh, you think it's easy to paint something with a brush between your teeth?

[@dolphinlover6438]

I'll try :V

[@cbdmiracles3593]

The video of the painting elephant is really something.. It painted itself! I was totally impressed and also amazed.. You should look up the video and watch it..

[@frenchorcatrainer]

Elephant are guided by their handler to paint what the handler wants. Not what the animal wants or can do.

[@isolatedwhispers-5172]

awww the clicks are so cute :3

[@chrissmolik8091]

Isolated whispers I love dolphins. I also love their clicking noises

[@airbornepimp]

Another parent living out his dreams vicariously through his dolphin.

[@SickDuckTV]

Loook careful the drawing looks like a dolphin :D

[@skehleben7699]

It really seemed as though he would check his progress and at times was trying to say, "its too far away!" Such incredible fellow creatures.

[@bananapopgamerz3211]

He can paint better than I can lol

[@KermaPippuri]

I love how her strokes seem very concidered. :D

[@fireguy308]

I wonder if the snobbish art critiques would be able to tell the difference of this painting by a dolphin and a painting done by one of the many talentless abstract hipster artists?

[@highpineapple]

You're thinking of modern art, which is pretentious garbage that makes people with zero talent feel like artists by over-explaining something until it starts to make sense. Actual abstract art absolutely takes a practiced hand and an extremely active imagination. I agree with you. The modern art critics would not be able to tell the difference. Just walk in some poor hipster with some made up sob story and it'll sell for thousands.

[@georgierichardson2869]

Suda, the painting elephant, really has this dolphin beat. This video is interesting, but the elephant is painting pictures of elephants and is signing his name. For any animal to hold a paintbrush and commit that paint to canvas or paper in a recognizable form is nothing short of a miracle.

[@BinitheBunny]

Cute! I can also paint!!! (and play basketball and style people's hair haha) Loved the video!

[@shengwu9077]

Bini the Bunny I can see that! X3

[@ok-ff1wf]

Bini the Bunny BINI OMG YEEEEEEEAHHHHH I LOVE YOUUUU

[@infinitecanadian]

That dolphin can paint better than many 'artists' can-and certainly better than I can!

[@angelzer0_]

I like dolphins and painting so this is my style

[@Mikjaash]

I'm not sure if it would work or not, but maybe have a simple painting on the sides of the box or something with just something basic like a blue sky and green grass and let the dolphin try to re-make that painting on another paper? Giving him a green colour and then see if he draws in the correct position, same with blue? Would be quite a fun test, wouldn't it? :)

[@petefaders]

The painting is a school of Dolphins with one big one in the middle.

[@zacharyalt9808]

petefaders I think you may be right.

[@timetochronicle]

I wonder what the the big Dolphin represents. I can think of two possibilities

[@Seleteles]

Definitely! The dolphin seemed to be turning his/her head a lot, and I'm not sure it could always tell when the paintbrush touched the paper. It definitely sees and engages with what's going on, but the mechanics of the thing are just difficult.

[@MoShaafici]

589 white sharks where here who disliked this video

[@latifahjose5987]

When We Heal The Earth, We Heal Our Selves 😂

[@ApolloWasReal]

I also noticed her turning to the side to look at what she'd done. Are dolphins unable to see (visually) directly ahead of them? Maybe underwater they rely on sonar to look at things directly in front of them even when the visibilty is good.

[@ego-pt7vt]

I think I know what he was trying to say GIVE ME MORE FISH MAMIL SLAVE D:

[@einohpmys]

you gotta love how the dolphin constantly turns it's head so that it can see what it's painting.

[@baikoleda1]

WE CAN SELL THIS FOR MILLIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jaymadeit874]

Picasso of dolphins

[@baikoleda1]

Ellen van Heugten I understand Ellen , but probably he is well taken care of, and nothing poses a danger to him :)

[@thaliagraichen8312]

You cant be more sarcastic )

[@lwkey2452]

I remember watching this as a Kid, well I'm back here again :)

[@haube7028]

He drawed the Best anime ever

[@MarcyBieber654]

Dolphins are adorable! ♥