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Discover why the “theory” and not “hands-on” training is the first step to becoming a successful dolphin trainer

In most Dolphinariums, when you first start working, you do not handle an animal until you have acquired certain training techniques in theory. To touch an animal, before you have acquired this knowledge, could be counter-productive to your development as a trainer. When stating a job as a trainer, companies should give you the time,Continue reading “Discover why the “theory” and not “hands-on” training is the first step to becoming a successful dolphin trainer”

Surfer goes to head-to-head with pod of dolphins as he takes on gigantic Australian waves… and loses

Wake up call from nature

Bottle Nose Dolphin Adopts Whale Calf of Another Species

From a small inflatable boat in the Rangiroa atoll in French Polynesia, Pamela Carzon got her first glimpse of the “strange” trio of marine mammals she’d been told about: a bottlenose dolphin mother (Tursiops truncatus), her seven-month-old calf, and another young cetacean that was slightly smaller and looked to be not a bottlenose dolphin at all, butContinue reading “Bottle Nose Dolphin Adopts Whale Calf of Another Species”

How to teach your dolphin to jump to the ball!!

Behavior Successive Approximation Description: Teaching the dolphin how to touch the ball high in the air. On the video you can learn and enjoy the successive approximation of this behavior. Behaviour Stage: Level Two Using our Step by Step Behaviour Training through positive reinforcement techniques. If you have any question or any doubt about thisContinue reading “How to teach your dolphin to jump to the ball!!”