2007-01-04 03:21:13 · 15 answers · asked by Taloola 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
IT's part of their spirit....they are very spiritual animals and joyously swim in the waters gracefully. When they are enthusiastic and full of energy love to spring out into the openess and breath in life
2007-01-04 03:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by Auntie Marie SueB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one is really sure why they jump (breach) and of course they must come to the surface to breath, but here are a few ideas scientists subscribe to: breaching could knock off annoying skin parasites, it could be a dominance display between males (they have found this to be true in a population of New Zealand Bottlenose Dolphins in Doubtful Sound), they could be trying to get a look around (dolphins have great eyesight both in and out of the water), or they might just do it for fun. It could also be a combination of all of these things, but until we learn to "speak dolphin", we may never know.
2007-01-04 12:08:22 · answer #2 · answered by spyhopper 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes just for fun, I think. Although I've sometimes seen them clear the water when they're chasing fish. I've often seen a salmon fly out of the water followed by a dolphin. It looks like they were just heading towards the surface so fast that they couldn't stop.
2007-01-04 11:32:59 · answer #3 · answered by Felida 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have to come up for air, but it's also because they just like doing it - it's fun and a good way of displaying their strenght and attitude to their friends and potential mates.
Dolphins, as the most intelligent mammal on the planet besides us, enjoy having fun. Did you know they are the only animals apart from humans who sometimes make love just for fun...?
2007-01-04 11:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by SilverSongster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the real scientific answer is here:
a dolphin named Flipper, was trained to jump out of the water, and he was very famous, played in too many movies, when he was given back his freedom with a cosin named Willy, he started to teach other dolphins how to jump out of the water, so maybe some Holywood producer may take them under his wing.
the proof is that dolphins do this only when they are being watched or filmed, its their way of making a career.
2007-01-04 13:27:34 · answer #5 · answered by abnormalmale 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just like humans, they have a desire to fly. But because they don't have hands, they can't build aircraft, so they're forced to just jump.
2007-01-04 11:24:06 · answer #6 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Often to round up fish for hunting, but they sometimes do it just for fun
2007-01-04 12:33:15 · answer #7 · answered by dreamer_goth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To breathe. They breathe oxygen like us humans do.
2007-01-04 12:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by gabrielenebroski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sharks biting their behinds, so they jump and jump and the shark snap snap snap:)
2007-01-04 11:31:37 · answer #9 · answered by Duisend-poot 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To breathe. They breathe oxygen.
2007-01-04 11:28:31 · answer #10 · answered by yeppers`peppers 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋