Hunting for food
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All dolphins are predators and in captivity none are allowed to exercise that part of their behaviour that is related to hunting and foraging.
“Imagine you are a dolphin and you can no longer hunt for food when you are hungry, and have to perform tricks to receive some fish. What behaviours do you think you would start to show?”
Examples might:
- Become upset / aggressive if you are hungry and can’t hunt.
- Boredom if you have nothing to do during the day, when you would normally be hunting for food. Leading to behavioral changes.
- Health problems without the right diet.