Or, it could be just another funny thing that male dolphins like to do. Adult Male Dolphins Are Peeing into the Air — Scientists Think They're Trying to Send a Message.

Bottlenose dolphins need to form groups to help court female mates, a study says. Getty Images. First-order alliances make up between 3-4 dolphins in pursuit of mates with second-order alliances ...

To find a mate, male dolphins work together in complex social networks that dwarf those of any other animal, except humans, study finds Will Sullivan - Daily Correspondent September 2, 2022 ...

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"Male Dolphins Can Have Bromances Lasting at Least 10 Years, Herding Fertile Females to Each Other and Away from Other Males." R/Awwducational, 14 May 2015, ...

Each male had on average 22 allies and some had as many as 50. According to the study, male dolphins bond with one another by swimming and diving, petting, holding flippers, engaging in sex and ...

A new study observed Amazon river dolphins for 218.9 hours and saw males spurt urine into the air 36 times—proof that the behavior is more common than ... These adult male dolphins pee in the air.

Juvenile social play predicts adult reproductive success in male bottlenose dolphins. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (121). Doi: 10.1073/pnas.2305948121.