http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...jellyfish.html
Dolphins have been filmed playing an impromptu game of football... using a jellyfish as an improvised ball.
海豚也會玩足球！不過只是用尾巴把水母潑來潑去XD
A team of marine biologists were astonished to see a dolphin swim under a jellyfish and with a quick flick of its tail shoot it out of the water.
一群海洋生物學家看到一條海豚游在水母下，然後把尾巴向上撥，就把水母射出水面了。
The bottlenose dolphins were caught on video performing the strange activity off the Welsh coastline. One dolphin was able to flip the jellyfish six feet up in the air.
於Welsh coastline上，寬吻海豚被拍到把水母踢上六呎高。
Scientists believe their game of flipball goes back hundreds of thousands of years.
But it may go some way to explaining why dolphins in captivity are so skilful with balls at sealife parks around the world.
科學家相信這撥球遊戲可以追溯到數十萬年前，或者這能夠解釋為什麼在海洋公園中，海豚這麼會玩球。XDDD
Marine experts Jonathan Easter, 23, who saw the dolphins at play, said: 'One thing is for sure, they were having fun. There were floating blobs of jelly and the dolphins were flipping them about.
海洋專家(靠，23歲就專家，我什麼也不是……)說，「能夠肯定的是，海豚很愉快~那裏有一些飄浮的水母，然後海豚就去拍它們~」
'They swim under the jellyfish, then at the right moment flick their tail up to give it a good kick.
'They were not always accurate but when they had a direct hit the jellyfish were literally kicked out of the water.
「牠們游到水母之下，窺準時機然後用尾巴踢起牠們。」「也不能說是百發百中，但當踢中的時候，水母可以被踢上很高。」
'We have been studying individual dolphins in Welsh waters for some time but we got more than we expected from this trip.
我們在這旅程中得到很多意想不到的收獲。
'These incredible images provide a privileged insight into the lives and behaviour of bottlenose dolphins.
'But this behaviour has never been seen before and it presents more questions than answers!'
But there is a sting in the tail - some of the Barrel jellyfish sadly died from being flipped.
「這景像能詮釋出一些牠們的生活和習性。」「但這些習性從來都沒有被觀察過，現在留下了更多的謎團。」
The marine biologists were from the Countryside Council for Wales, Sea Watch Foundation and Marine Awareness North Wales.
They were studying Britain's largest coastal population of bottlenose dolphins, which live in Cardigan Bay during the summer to breed and feed.
無關痛癢的廢話~
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