Advantages: interaction with wild dolphins
Disadvantages: too many people

...Although there are lots of other things to do on Moreton Island (swimming, snorkelling, fishing, badminton and of course the dreaded sand tobogganing) our prime reason for visiting the island was to feed the wild dolphins which visit the jetty each evening. The dolphins are inshore bottlenose dolphins and come to feed on the fish which are attracted by the jetty lights. In the early 90s one of the dolphins 9 a nursing mother) began to take fish thrown to her from the jetty and there are now about a dozen dolphins who come most nights. Feeding is highly supervised by the staff. To keep them wild only about 10% of their daily intake is given to them and human contact limited. Getting into the water to feed them was nevertheless a magical experience, made all the more so by the knowledge that this was not some sort of dolphin show... Read review

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Advantages: Good water toy
Disadvantages: With heavy handling the dolphin will lose his whistle

...The Tomy water whistler is a Dolphin shaped water toy for the bath or the water tray. I have played with both the pink and the blue Tomy water whistler. Not in my bath but in the school swimming pool. I work with special needs children and at the end of our swimming session we have a play time with a variety of water toys. I and my students have great fun playing with this toy. It is suitable for children aged 18 months and over The Dolphin is about 14cm tall a soft hollow rubber / plastic toy. This dolphin comes in pink or blue. It has big black eyes an open smiling mouth and sports a bow tie. This dolphin looks friendly. This dolphin floats; he also whistles there is a white plastic grid, whistle hole at the base of the dolphin. Watch out this dolphin also squirts water when squeezed; a good jet of water can be squirted out... Read review

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Advantages: Can learn about the lovely Dolphins. Kiss, hug, and play with them!
Disadvantages: a little pricey

...It was my boyfriend's dream as a kid to swim with Dolphins. So to make his dream come true I've been doing research and found this site www.dolphin-academy.com. It is located at Sea Aquarium Curacao (Southern Caribbean), which was great! There are different programs, depending on your age, budget and what you prefer. Pregnant women can only participate in the Dolphin Encounter Program. Before all the activities, you will receive instructions from the trainers. Customers must fill in an assumption of risk waiver before the activity of: Dolphin Swim and Dolphin Snorkel. You must get there before hand to pay for your activity and they will hand you the color coded wrist band for your activity and different color coded wrist band for the spectators. You must bring along bathing suit, towel and suntan lotion. If you’ve forgotten your... Read review

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Advantages: Educational, great place to get away from the bustle of everyday life
Disadvantages: Plenty of opportunity to part with your cash- photos, gifts, fast food

...This was a wonderfully romantic day for my partner and I. My two pieces of advice are 1- set aside a whole day, (although it does close in the evening) and 2- get your entry tickets from Vancouver Tourism as they are discounted. There are lots of both indoor and outdoor areas with hands on exhibits where you can touch sea creatures such as urchins and sea stars (starfish). The beluga whale and dolphin shows were amazing. Yes, these mammals belong in the sea but the dolphins featured had been rescued with severe damage to their fins. I learned a lot from the dolphin displays about their behaviour. We visited in July. The attraction was pretty crowded with children. However, one positive is that you get a hand stamp which enables you to leave the attraction and come back later, if you want a break.... Read review

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Advantages: brilliant graphics
Disadvantages: a few glitches

...even though i dont want this game it does look really good, so i'll review it, your this dolphin called "ecco", he has to save the world(strange mission for a dolphin!), so you must battle through levels filled with ememies,ie, sharks.on your adventures you meet other dolphins which are friendly, you also meet a whale and a huge manta ray who you must help to earn access to new areas, i've been told there are a few glitches in the game but i dont now of any. This game has really good graphics, ecco looks so real. i would recommend this game to any people who liked the ecco games on megadrive, and to anyone who like this kind of adventure game.... Read review

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Advantages: fantastic,once in a life time oppotunity
Disadvantages: none

...Firstly I would say if you thinking about going to New Zealand do it, don’t hold back, it is an amazing country that must be on all travellers ‘to do’ list. I could write about New Zealand for days there is so much to see and do and you will take away memories that you will hold with you for the rest of your life. I think that anyone that has been to NZ will back me up on this! Imagine… swimming with one of the rarest dolphins in the world…. Now your dreams can come true… One of the options I would advise when out in NZ is swimming with dolphins! I think that this is many peoples dream, if you have some money to spare, then this is what I would advise! (if you don’t have the money then sacrifice something else! E.g a night out on the town!) I swam with dolphins in a small town called... Read review

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Advantages: There are none, except for those who make a profit from these victim dolphins.
Disadvantages: It teaches millions of people that exploiting nature in the name of entertainment is permissible.

...I hereby urge everyone to not endorse and support the kind of animal cruelty that the dolphin shows at the Miami Seaquarium are based upon. Please consider the following: Dolphins have evolved over more than 50 millions years and have adapted perfectly to life in the oceans. They are free-ranging, social, intelligent, and sonic wild creatures, exhibiting evidence of self-awareness and a highly developed emotional sense. Captivity permanently separates them from the three most important aspects of their lives: Their pods, their immense world of sound, and their ability to swim freely. When attending a dolphin show, very few people stop to wonder just how the dolphins ended up in these small tanks. The truth is, the capture of dolphins is an extremely violent procedure. Pods of dolphins are chased to exhaustion, surrounded with a net... Read review

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Advantages: Seeing dolphins up close and swimming with them for free
Disadvantages: Touristy!

...Monkey Mia is on the West Coast of Australia situated in Shark Bay, a world heritage listed area, and I might add a very beautiful area of the world!! I got here on the Easyrider backpacker bus on a trip from Perth to Broome (www.easyrider.com.au which cost $615 and took 7 days altogether). However you could get here by local bus from Denham or try www.greyhound.com.au which have buses going all over Australia. This area is famous for its dolphins which is what I did so all I'm going to review. There is a resort here with a few places you can stay overnight but I didn't visit these. Basically dolphins come in ALMOST every morning. With a 99.6% attendance rate (much better than some of the people I went to school with!) you would have to be REALLY unlucky to miss them. They are wild dolphins that come into the shore sometimes up... Read review

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