Dolphins

We all love these graceful, playful sea creatures. Beautiful and friendly.
Research tells us that they are more like humans than previously thought... They, like us, are among the few creatures who have sex for pleasure, they whistle to get each other's attention and communicate... Now it seems that they, like us, have an affinity for recreational drug use.

My favorite news story this week, came from the BBC or PRI radio broadcast.
Apparently, dolphins at play will push puffer fish (blow fish) around until they are so agitated that they puff up. The fish release a toxin, that numbs the nose of dolphin. When the puffer fish relaxes again and goes back to its normal state, the dolphins go at them again...and again..

This story made me laugh and made my day. What could be further from the ongoing tragedies of war and death, crimes and punishment?
Just remember, the commentator reminded, blowfish are poisionous to humans.