Who would win in a fight, a dolphin or a cat?
Quite clearly the cat, in the right conditions. If a cat is hungry enough, and big enough and it is in within reasonable range of a dolphin it has two advantages, superfeline strength and grippy rippy claws and teeth.The dolphins only real defense in an attack situation is to run for the depths.But a fully grown Tiger, with the aforementioned “persuasive” arguments will probably have the upper hand, as the effect would probably be quite stunning, literally.A cat immobilises its prey usung its hind feet as well, to stop the kick reaction, or jump response, so the dolphin would have a harder time flicking its tail.Obviously, this would be a “best case scenario” but cats are good fishers in general if they don’t mind getting wet.Crocodiles don’t give them too many problemps either… Youtube “Jaguar Attacks Crocodile (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO) | National Geographic “So, back to the Tiger, once the teeth are in, the Dolphin is in trouble, cats always go for the brainstem area, thus cutting all resistance.Tigers are damn fine swimmers, highly motivated and annoyingly scary for people who live and fish in areas where Tigers exist.They don’t give up easily, and once decided would probably take on a dolphin and win. Not everytime, but often enough to be filmed just once somewhere doing it.Never underestimate superior firepower. Claws are that superior firepower.
Why are sharks afraid of dolphins?
Dolphins are highly intelligent, social predators. A pod can consist of about a dozen individuals, more if food is plenty. Individuals in the pod help each other out, to the point where they can strategize their hunts and surround their prey to attack from multiple angles. This is usually what happens when they “hunt” sharks: one or two dolphins will grab its attention, while the others hit the shark from the sides or from behind.While sharks are also pretty smart, they tend to do their own thing and avoid other sharks. When trouble breaks out, it’s every shark for themselves. A lone shark against a lone, unaware dolphin might win, but up against a pod, it is outnumbered.Dolphins have very hard “beaks”: I once swam with common bottle-nose dolphins and one of the activities was them pushing you by your foot while you held onto a foam raft. I had a bruise there the next day.Sharks are mostly made of cartilage, which is really soft and not made to receive much direct impact, so getting hit over and over by hard dolphin snouts going full speed with the animal’s 200 lbs of strength behind it hurts a lot. The shark will most likely bleed internally and die.Sharks have really sharp teeth, but in order to use them they have to bite the prey, and dolphins are really, really agile swimmers. The dolphins might get a few scrapes, but won’t likely die from attacking the shark. They’re also pretty relentless and will keep attacking the shark until it dies.
Are there any cases where dolphins have killed sharks?
Shark vs. Dolphin Battles Can Have Surprising Outcomes : DNewsDolphin PredatorsYes, though dolphins have much more stamina and speed and manuverability than sharks, so they can usually avoid predation just by swimming away--unless they're protecting a baby or a sick/old member of the pod, in which case they're often able to kill a shark not by biting but by ramming the shark's belly and/or gills, which can cause internal injuries to the shark. Dolphin teeth are more for catching fish than for tearing apart large prey, as sharks' teeth are. And sharks have very tough skins--hard to tear.But dolphins have a hard rostrum--beak--that's perfect for ramming. Sharks can and do kill and eat dolphins, which are highly nutritious for a shark. Dolphins aren't equipped to eat sharks, however, except for Orcas, which while called a whale, are really the largest species of dolphin. For other dolphins, then, they have no reason to kill a shark for food--just for defense--and dolphins have been known to swim off when a shark attacks one member of a pod. We don't really know when dolphins would attack sharks, just that it does happen, but it isn't a regular thing. Dolphins do catch and torture juvenile sharks, the way a cat plays with a mouse before killing it. Most usual is dolphins driving off sharks trying to prey on calves in a pod by ramming. Some sharks will later on die of internal injuries from the ramming, while others recover. The dolphins' purpose isn't to kill the shark but to make it go away. I don't think they would usually pursue a shark that stops trying to kill a dolphin calf, because that would mean leaving the calf defenseless.Dolphin protects calf from shark attacks
Why is Michael Phelps getting more publicity than Ussain Bolt?
Even Carl Lewis at his prime could not qualify for more than 4 events at the Olympic games. It is a fact of the sport that an athlete in track cannot qualify for more events than for example someone who is a swimmer, so it is not fair from the get-go to compare Phelps 8 gold medals to Bolt's 3 simply because these are in no way shape or form "level comparisons" in terms of sheer quantity of medals.... Ussain Bolt broke 3 world records, got 3 gold medals, and is without a doubt the FASTEST man in the world (by whatever definition 100m AND 200m ). He broke a record that most thought would not be broken in the next 50 years! 99.99% of the population of human beings walk, typically most people spend less than 0.01% of their lives "in water, swimming", so why is Michael Phelps equal to or even God forbid "greater than" Ussain Bolt in terms of adlthetic powess? What explains this disporportionate bias in favor of Phelps? One can only wonder if BOLT was wearing "USA" instead of "JAM"?
How fast can humans swim?
Well I’m actually going to come in and over-complicate this for you! hahaSince there are a number of different variables that you have to consider, when looking at the fastest swimming;Are you going to allow any performance aids? (fins, bodysuits, etc.)Are you looking at underwater swimming, or just at the surface?Are you looking at just the Speed Through Water (STW)? (ie. disregarding the speed you gain by leaping into the pool, and pushing off the wall; in which case this would totally void all competition pool records, therefore leaving very few records left to answer your question.)…anyway, here are a few different records that I’ve found for different considerations, and I’ll leave you to pick which one you’d like;Fastest human in a competition pool WITHOUT use of fins or other body aidsAverage speed = 5.52 mph (2.47 m/s, 8.88 km/h) - completed 50m freestyle in 20.26 secsName = Florent ManaudouDate = 5th December 2014Considerations: It was in a Short Course pool (25m, compared to 50m Long Course/Olympic pools), he dived into the pool, and also had 1 push off the wall during the race, both of these would’ve increased his speed, despite the fact he wasn’t technically swimming during these. So his actual STW would’ve likely been <5mph.2) Fastest human in a competition pool WITH use of fins & body suitAverage speed = 8.13 mph (3.64 m/s, 13.1 km/h) - completed 50m AP in 13.75 secs - (Apnoea finswimming) event, where swimmers must stay underwater for the whole eventName = Pavel KabanovDate = June 2015Considerations: Totally underwater (except for entry), was wearing a large monofin, also had a dive into the pool, though crazily, since he was swimming so fast in the water, the dive speed may’ve even been slower than his average STW!Final conclusions;The minimum distance used for swimming records is 50m. Now swimmers would likely be able to go slightly quicker if they were only doing 25m (or less), though no records seem to exist for this, so can’t give a guaranteed answerAlso, all the records I’ve listed above contain some form of non-swimming included in the events (eg. diving, wall pushes), and so aren’t truly accurate of what speed humans can swim, and are likely slightly inflated. To get an accurate STW, you’d need essentially a “rolling start”, where swimmers just go between 2 checkpoints.
Why is swimming underwater faster?
If you've got good technique, you're much faster underwater in a streamline position than you are on the surface of the water. This has to do with the streamlined shape of your body which cuts through water faster, and a very powerful dolphin legbeat which propels your body forward.David Berkoff immediately comes to mind when you think about the 15m rule, because he became famous for what John Naber (at the time, an NBC commentator) dubbed the "Berkoff Blastoff". He set a world record in Seoul staying underwater for 35m off his start. Note that not all swimmers have a faster underwater stroke, only a few.