Playing Football with Bottlenose Dolphins!

A little pre-season football practice between some Bottlenose Dolphins and people. Amazing to see the positive interaction between 2 of nature's most intelligent species, and how well dolphins are able to adapt and think logically as I watched them toss some near perfect spirals!
The dolphins shown here are in a rehab center in San Diego, California. Right after a quick snack of delicious sardines, they have a half hour worth of play time before they go through their daily training session.

[@TimStruckmeier]

There is no way that someone could watch this video without smiling all the way through to the end. Thanks for brightening up my day, Sean!

[@ExtremeSpinner99]

How beautiful it is! Dolphins are very funny and intelligent creatures ! Great video, friend, !

[@54spiritedwill54]

Wow, very nice dolphins! They are so playful indeed. I'd like to play ball with them :) Wonderful video!

[@grnbubbles3]

Aww they are having so much fun! I love this!

[@LindaKitch]

Great video!! I love dolphins, they are very smart animals!

[@CaStormChaser]

@WXVideos Thanks for your kind words Nathan! It was a pretty neat experience, and I had a blast with those dolphins. It's surprising how far some of them can toss those footballs around! :)

[@CaStormChaser]

Thanks so much! It was such an awesome experience! Appreciate the kind comment!

[@CaStormChaser]

@GottaBme4me2bFree Thanks Tim!! I couldn't help but smile the whole time I was watching these beautiful animals! Thank you very much for commenting...I'm very glad you enjoyed! :)

[@GENGOROOW]

Very cute!! Thank you!!

[@CaStormChaser]

@LindaKitch Thanks so much Linda! They are probably my favorite animals...love that they enjoy the human interaction too! :)

[@CaStormChaser]

@ExtremeSpinner99 Thank you very much Emanuela! I had a fun time watching and playing with these dolphins!

[@CaStormChaser]

@LysosTarcho Thanks for your kind words and for taking the time to watch! I really appreciate it!

[@extremeweatherfilms]

Awesome video !!

[@TuckerWhite94]

Those dolphins didn't complete a single pass...Of course, it never touched the ground so it's still technically a live ball.

[@CaStormChaser]

Rofl! Great comment! Thanks for watching

[@CaStormChaser]

@Tstormer LOL! GO BOLTS is right! I had a fun time watching these guys...Had one dolphin in particular that wouldn't stop tossing me the football. I finally had to put down the camera and throw some passes! I'm hoping to see some snorkeling vids when you move back to SD! ;) Thanks for watching Pat!

[@CaStormChaser]

Me too! Thank you for watching!!

[@CaStormChaser]

Hey Neil! Thanks very much for watching and commenting! It does look as though they are smiling on purpose! When I first showed up at their pool they seemed so happy to see a human there to play with during their play time, and then when other people starting showing up it was like they were putting on a show for everyone...Footballs and volleyballs were being tossed to people left and right! Thanks Neil!

[@LysosTarcho]

Amazing video Thanks my friend

[@CaStormChaser]

Thank you so much!

[@CaStormChaser]

Thank you!!

[@iTiger]

OMG how adorable

[@CaStormChaser]

Thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed this video! :-)

[@CaStormChaser]

They really are! Thank you for watching!

[@GENGOROOW]

@CaStormChaser Your welcome!! I love Dolphins!

[@CaStormChaser]

Thank you!

[@CaStormChaser]

@2cvo Thanks very much!! :)

[@CaStormChaser]

Thanks!! :)

[@MegaUdude]

Free Willy springs to mind!

[@chrcar94]

really nice

[@CaStormChaser]

They are! Thanks for watching and commenting!!

[@MeetPhilu]

nice...Amaxing stuff

[@ChaseSevereWeather]

Amazing intelligent creatures! What were they rehabilitating from? Or the general why they were there? Hopefully not from SeaWorld ... ?

[@CaStormChaser]

@VicTheMouth Haha...I think it is! ;) Thanks my friend!

[@CaStormChaser]

@extremeweatherfilms Thanks very much!!

[@KewCrew]

that is awesome

[@Demijaytee]

So cute

[@CaStormChaser]

Thanks!!

[@CaStormChaser]

@GENGOROOW Thank you for watching and commenting my friend! I really appreciate it! :)

[@CaStormChaser]

Thank you for watching!

[@DominiqueMonrose]

great liked .

[@stevefowler1787]

I saw a big male dolphin back in the day at Marine Land in Florida (North of Daytona on A1A) "kick" a regulation football with its tale....it was nothing short of breathtaking....I played H.S. football and have been to NFL games (Yes The Dolphins:) and I've never seen anything like the velocity the dolphin got on that football....it looked like it was shot out of a cannon...I am not lying, he "kicked the ball out of the dolphin pool, across a big field and over a very large tall sand dune out on to the beach...it was still accelerating and gaining altitude as it went over the dune...like I said I'd never seen anything like it....being conservative I would guess he "kicked"/swatted it about 150-200 yds..but easily it was well over a 100 yds.

[@CaStormChaser]

Thanks for watching and sharing your story! That sounds like it must have been incredible to see first hand. And I thought these dolphins I saw had some skills. 100+ yds is insane! Thanks for stopping by!

[@CaStormChaser]

@VicTheMouth ...Hahaha! I never noticed that! :)

[@CaStormChaser]

lol!

[@joelroeber3379]

Still better than Tim Tebow

[@CaStormChaser]

Thank you for watching!