"The big worry was boats that have been crowding the river as people gather to watch the aquatic mammals."

dammit.

Traffic and rubberneckers on the Turnpike.

Traffic and rubberneckers on the Parkway.

Now we can't even use the farking rivers.

/Actually, I'm surprised Sea bright isn't ticketing the dolphins for not having a beach license or something

I was at John's Pass (near Tampa) and watched several tourist throw down $20 a piece to take a dolphin sightseeing boat ride. First stop: 20 feet from the dock. The dolphins cruise the pass all day.

MsInterpreted: This thread needs some dolphin pics:

Agreed.


And GIS for sexy dolphin returned this:



/I love the interweb.

PainInTheASP: MsInterpreted: This thread needs some dolphin pics:

Agreed.

Wow, Dan Marino's aged gracefully.
Looks like that Nutrisystem plan of his had some unintended side-effects.

Are these dolphins asking for braaiiiins by chance?

I'm surprised anything can live in New Jersey at all.

I'm sure those guidos/italians in the closet (all of them) think its faaaaaabuloooous that thom dolphinths are up the thream

How do they know that they are lost? Maybe they did it on porpoise.

Yes, but do the Snozzberries taste like Snozzberries?

Man that article sucked.

I would have hoped for a little comment on the salinity of the river and the dolphins tolerance for fresh water, why they were suspected to be in the river, etc.

amanogowa: Man that article sucked.

I would have hoped for a little comment on the salinity of the river and the dolphins tolerance for fresh water, why they were suspected to be in the river, etc.

i think you're looking for something with a name like Mar. Behavioral Ecol. Rev.

/sorry, couldn't resist =)

umm, have any of you maloofs ever seen the shrewsbury river? it's beautiful and quite clean.

The Shrewsbury tastes like Shrewsberries...

/Funny, I watched the old Willy Wonka movie last night and this is what came to mind.

Subby has not evar been on the Shrewsbury river.
/lives 5 min away and it is beautiful.

Dolphins be rollin.....subby be hatin

AHEM... this is the NICE part of Jersey.

Monmouth county is beautiful.

/STFU all of you

here is an recent image of what the dolphins look like.

Pandagurl: Brilliant! Just ...wow. You win the thread!

Wow! I used to work a library near there! perhaps I could've spotted them if I still worked there.

Also have New Jersey residents amazed

My father grew up down there. He was saying this is nothing new. The dolphins used to be there every summer when he was a kid and no one freaked out over it being some enviromental curse.

unfarkingbelievable:
Pandagurl: Brilliant! Just ...wow. You win the thread!

Thanks!!

venacom: umm, have any of you maloofs ever seen the shrewsbury river? it's beautiful and quite clean.

Now the dolphins have move in...there goes the neighborhood.

/OMG, nature's happening!
//We should do something!

dogdaze: First stop: 20 feet from the dock. The dolphins cruise the pass all day.

I wouldn't be surprised if some of those dolphins threw down the equivalent of $20 dollars to go on a swim to see the humans.

Matrix Flavored Wasabi
I'm surprised anything can live in New Jersey at all.

Lol... what?

/waits as NJ desperately things of a zingy comeback
//lives about 5 miles from Sea Bright

venacom: umm, have any of you maloofs ever seen the shrewsbury river? it's beautiful and quite clean.

AlwaysRightBoy: Subby has not evar been on the Shrewsbury river.
/lives 5 min away and it is beautiful.

I grew up in Monmouth County... I passed the Shrewsbury river yesterday. (getting kick out of replied &c.) Which one of you would be the first to drink a pint straight from it?

Whoever steps forward will be referred to a psychiatrist to study their self-destructive behavior.

Is it cleaner than the Passaic, Raritan or Navesink? Yes. Is that saying very much? No.

There was at least one fish kill a few years ago because there wasn't any farking oxygen in the water, the fecal coliform counts are massive and don't even get me started on the heavy metal pollution. \m/

UrinalPooper:venacom: umm, have any of you maloofs ever seen the shrewsbury river? it's beautiful and quite clean.

AlwaysRightBoy: Subby has not evar been on the Shrewsbury river.
/lives 5 min away and it is beautiful.

I grew up in Monmouth County... I passed the Shrewsbury river yesterday. (getting kick out of replied &c.) Which one of you would be the first to drink a pint straight from it?

Whoever steps forward will be referred to a psychiatrist to study their self-destructive behavior.

Is it cleaner than the Passaic, Raritan or Navesink? Yes. Is that saying very much? No.

There was at least one fish kill a few years ago because there wasn't any farking oxygen in the water, the fecal coliform counts are massive and don't even get me started on the heavy metal pollution. \m/

I will say this, the oyster program is further along in the Navisink than the Shrewsbury. But both have very watchful eyes looking out for them.
/and being a coastal waterway, it is not pure by any means, but I eat the fish I catch from both.
/kayak fisherman

AlwaysRightBoy:I will say this, the oyster program is further along in the Navisink than the Shrewsbury. But both have very watchful eyes looking out for them.
/and being a coastal waterway, it is not pure by any means, but I eat the fish I catch from both.
/kayak fisherman

You are a braver man than I.

UrinalPooper:AlwaysRightBoy:I will say this, the oyster program is further along in the Navisink than the Shrewsbury. But both have very watchful eyes looking out for them.
/and being a coastal waterway, it is not pure by any means, but I eat the fish I catch from both.
/kayak fisherman

You are a braver man than I.

I have fished many, many parts of the world...all different sources from different pollutants, once you build up a tolerance it's all good.

Can dolphins, seals etc survive in fresh water? If they have enough fish to eat, what problems would they still have?

simpsonfan:Can dolphins, seals etc survive in fresh water? If they have enough fish to eat, what problems would they still have?

They are up the Shrewsbury now because of the amount of Bluefish in the river.
And it is not fresh water. It is saline in the upper most reaches, but where the dolphins are, it is mostly salty.

simpsonfan:If they have enough fish to eat, what problems would they still have?

The same problem all coastal Jerseyans deal with this time of year: farkin' Bennys.

/live in 'Squan, currently watching the mass exodus of cars with NY plates

So long and thanks for all the fish. 42.

pestluvr:

The same problem all coastal Jerseyans deal with this time of year: farkin' Bennys.

/live in 'Squan, currently watching the mass exodus of cars with NY plates

Ha! I'm the exact opposite - I'm there during the week and gone on weekends. Controls project for Untied Water in Toms River (no, I don't glow in the dark). Looking at traffic on Fridays, I fully understand why you guys hate everyone north of the Driscol Bridge...

Of course, maybe I shouldn't admit I do stuff for Untied Water, at least it's better than a few years ago when the workers wouldn't even set foot into most places there because of all the crap people gave them. Of course, cheapest water in NJ, they never biatch about that...

Still rather go out with a dolphin than with a Jersey Girl

/Jersey Girls aren't trash
//Trash gets picked up

origami pizza:here is an recent image of what the dolphins look like.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

I went to Red Bank today at around noon and the place was practically deserted. I guess everyone was over in Shrewsbury looking at the dolphins.

Waved at all the morons struggling up the Parkway as I headed back south for home.

/Bennies go home!

Lost Dolphins?
Look like a job for...

UrinalPooper:there wasn't any farking oxygen in the water, the fecal coliform counts are massive and don't even get me started on the heavy metal pollution. \m/

I concur. Monmouth County is responsible for massive amounts of metal pollution, due to Jon Bon Jovi alone.