Do people really eat dolphins?!

Yes, some people eat Dolphin.

You've got to understand that for some people, it is tradition or culture to eat certain things, and they don't necessarily share the same ethical views that Westerners do.

To them a dolphin is just another fish, which in many respects it is.
Why do westerners feel bad about eating dolphin? Is it because we know they are more intelligent than most fish? Well we're happy to eat pigs, and octpous which are very intelligent.
Or maybe because theyre numbers are dwindling, but its hard to convince people to change their culture based on this, just look at Japan who incessantly go whaling despite the international community trying to get them to stop.

Finally the Japenese also eat fish which is has almost been killed, but not quite. It arrives on the plate still twitching, and its their culture to enjoy it because it shows it is very fresh.
Westerners can find this a bit disgusting, but you know, when people grow up being accustomed to certain traditions, its hard to convince them that its not acceptable just because we say so

It's supposedly eaten during certain rituals in some parts of Japan. It's not a very widespread ritual, nor do most Japanese ever eat it. You aren't going to find a "McDolphin Burger" at the local Japanese McDonalds.

As for tuna, in the past, nets to catch tuna also ended up catching dolphins who were chasing the tuna. The dolphins weren't canned along with the tuna - they were simply killed (if they weren't already dead) and thrown overboard. Most tuna fishing operations made changes to their nets and operations so that they don't harm the dolphins. Such tuna is marked as "Dolphin safe." Only buy and consume dolphin-safe tuna. (if you're at a restaurant, ASK if the tuna is dolphin safe - the chef ought to know!) Using only dolphin-safe tuna encourages those fishermen to continue to be ecologically responsible.

No, Apple Juice, that's shark fin they use, not dolphin. They also use other parts of the shark as well, but I agree it's not a good use for the animal. A lot of restaurants now serve mock-shark-fin soup using cartilage from a different fish, not shark.

Actually, if you buy tuna in a can, and unless it says "Dolphin Safe" somewhere on the can, you may well have eaten some yourself.
It used to be a much bigger problem 20 years ago than it is today, but it still happens, mostly in foreign brands and brands no one ever heard of (that is, NOT Bumble Bee or Starkist, etc).
J

There are two animals that people call "dolphin"; one is a delicious FISH, and the other is a marine mammal more correctly called a 'porpoise'.....

Flipper was a porpoise.

Here's a picture of a dolphin fish; http://recipepapa.com/menu/fish/fried-ma…

(Because so many folks like you got "confused", the dolphin fish is now typically called by its Haw'aian name, "Mahi-mahi"...)

yes they do in china. but they cut off the top fin on there backs and then let them float to the bottom of the ocean to sit there and die slowly. they use the fin in a soup. like at weddings. it costs about 100$ a bowl. the fin is taste less its just a tradition there in china.

i have never heard of it. if they weren't endangered or anything, i wouldn't have any ethical problem with it. but i'm not aware of anyone doing it.

When I was in Australia I ate shark.


Some cans of tuna may contain dolphins because of fishermen.

I know that the Japanese eat whales.

Yes, but it is not the same dolphins that you think of when you think of Flipper. Those are called porpoises. The dolphins people eat are fish not Flipper

Watch The Cove.

Its ALL about that.

I hope not ):