Porpoises play with bubble rings
Porpoises craft bubble rings from exhaled air, turning simple breaths into playful toys. This behavior reveals their surprising intelligence and emotional depth.
Porpoises, the shy relatives of dolphins, create and play with bubble rings underwater. They exhale precise streams of air through their blowholes, forming stable, spinning bubbles. While bottlenose dolphins are famous for this, harbor porpoises also show this playful behavior, especially in aquariums. They bat at and chase these rings, much like children playing with soap bubbles.
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