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Dolphin Handshakes For Nothin'

November 1, 2006 at 9:01 AM | 0 Comments

Getting something for nothing always appeals to us. So when we discovered that entry to the Singapore Underwater World includes a free entry ticket to the Dolphin Lagoon on the other side of Sentosa Island, we were pretty pleased.

The process is all simple enough: when you've finished ogling the glowing jellyfish at Underwater World, hop on a free shuttle bus outside and get scooted over to Dolphin Lagoon. Follow the crowd in through the turnstile and if you can find a space in front of the lagoon, take a seat.

A couple of beautiful dolphins will be put through their paces and lucky audience volunteers get to wade into the water (too bad if you're wearing your Sunday best) and touch them. The routine is designed to include:

a series of interactive, feeding and training sessions specially designed to demonstrate their natural ability of tail-walking synchronization.

But there's a lot of ball tossing and hoop jumping going on, and we're not sure if that's okay. We know dolphins are intelligent, but is shaking hands really a natural wild behavior? Decide for yourself, or pay extra to book your own swim-time with the great beauties, and try your own wild behavior out on them.

[Photo: hawkeye]

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