Surf’s Up with Dolphins
In Surf's Up with Dolphins, narrator Sir David Attenborough shows how adult dolphins teach baby dolphins about their world. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet II, a natural history series that explores the world's oceans, the animals that live in them, and the threats they face, using modern filming techniques and equipment to capture previously unseen areas of the ocean.
Lesson Express
Q: Why do dolphins surf?
A: No one really knows, but it seems like it's just for the fun of it!
Q: Why do dolphins rub their bodies on the coral?
A: The coral is covered in a mucus with anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties, so they may be protecting themselves from infection.
Q: How do adult dolphins teach their young?
A: They model and show them until their young copy them.
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