[HN Gopher] Dolphins Communicate with 'Fountains of Pee'
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       Dolphins Communicate with 'Fountains of Pee'
        
       Author : hilux
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2025-04-25 16:58 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | alganet wrote:
       | I have translated what they are saying:
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       | "Peeing in public again, Billy? Can you please stop that? It's
       | disgusting."
        
       | dole wrote:
       | Aerial urination is challenge pissing. That dolphin gets a $0
       | down payment on a new car.
        
         | throwanem wrote:
         | Dolphins can't get a license here. Eyesight's too poor to
         | correct and they always fuck up their signals on the test.
        
         | nancyminusone wrote:
         | I thought you had to do it "and not get wet"
         | 
         | Dolphin in water = wet. Down payment required.
        
         | DiabloD3 wrote:
         | "If you find a better deal, shove it up your ugly ass. You
         | heard us right! Shove it up your ugly ass."
        
           | kagevf wrote:
           | Sometimes harsh language is required to help the customers
           | realize how ungrateful they truly are.
        
         | xeonmc wrote:
         | So a pissing contest?
        
       | drcongo wrote:
       | I saw Fountains of Pee on the pyramid stage at Glasto back in the
       | 90s.
        
       | milleramp wrote:
       | No videos..
        
         | hilux wrote:
         | Your comment prompted me to check YouTube, where, sure enough
         | ...
        
       | arkmm wrote:
       | Going to have to update the tokenizer for DolphinGemma
       | 
       | https://blog.google/technology/ai/dolphingemma/
        
         | SweetSoftPillow wrote:
         | It's a whole new modality, and it seems we do not have output
         | devices (yet)
        
       | 2-3-7-43-1807 wrote:
       | I wish I could do that, too. But I'm suffering from Paruresis aka
       | Shy Bladder Syndrome. Really weird condition. Mostly just a mild
       | nuisance at worst. But there is this phenomenon where you have to
       | pee when scuba diving even if you don't drink more than
       | absolutely necessary. Twice I was stuck on a speed boat bumping
       | up and down while my bladder was full to the brim - that is very
       | painful ... everybody just merrily spreading their fountains of
       | pee off the deck. Anyone here successfully made peace with their
       | inner dolphin?
        
         | jajko wrote:
         | That depth pressure has interesting effects on the body. I
         | think it literally forces molecules of water from the body to
         | the bladder. Sorry to hear you have mix of those 2 situations,
         | dehydratation aint the best feeling but risking of rupturing
         | the bladder is definitely worse
        
           | 2-3-7-43-1807 wrote:
           | Interesting theory - but wouldn't there have to be some gas
           | involved (bubbles, cavities) as water isn't impacted by
           | pressure (at least not at a level experienced while scuba
           | diving)? The pressure though will certainly impact the
           | (pressure) sensor in the bladder signalling that it is full.
           | But my impression (no pun intended) is - as you also suggest
           | - that the bladder actually fills up faster due to some
           | physical / physiological effects while diving. Even at the
           | surface at some point the lower part of the belly is palpably
           | tense. My hunch would be that something speeds up reverse
           | osmosis (mineral/colloidal concentration of two regions
           | separated by a membrane evening out by water moving into the
           | region with higher concentration); as I'd assume that the
           | already present urine has much higher concentration in salts
           | and proteins compared to the surrounding tissue.
           | 
           | I just had the idea that it might be due to water entering
           | the body and blood stream through the skin (by means of
           | reverse osmosis). The kidneys then excrete the excess water
           | into the bladder.
        
       | fracus wrote:
       | It speculates that peeing in the air may signal the dolphin's
       | health or social status. It must suck to be a loser dolphin who
       | can't signal lest he get ostracized further. Nature is cruel, and
       | this practice, if true, I would imagine, would speed up natural
       | selection. Kind of like if humans would voluntarily share their
       | wealth status. Wait, I guess we do do that.
        
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