Now that it’s summer, more and more people will be going outside… unless, of course, it’s dangerously hot like it has been in parts of the country, in which case, maybe stay inside.And when you’re outside, your chances of encountering wild animals go up exponentially.Dolphins are bright, but they also just have one heck of a PR team.(iStock)I’ve always been fascinated by the animal kingdom, but it’s a part of the natural world that is far from gripe-proof.So, I decided to put together a few animal-related gripes so we could give some of the most frustrating fauna its due.I’ve got no problem with dolphins.
I swam with them once, and they were cool to me.One even pulled me around a lagoon like a Jet Ski with a blowhole.I’m just tired of everyone telling me how smart dolphins are when obvious things are holding them back from realizing their full potential.That’s all I’m saying.BOY STUMBLES ON STRANGE BEACH OBJECT IDENTIFIED AS RARE 1.8M-YEAR-OLD FOSSILThe first thing I always point out when someone tells me what eggheads dolphins are is what smart animal would breathe air and decide, "Yeah, I’m going to post up in the water for my entire life."My French bulldog isn’t going to be writing any thesis papers, but he understands that you can’t breathe in water.Also, while they’ve shown they know how to smash crabs open with rocks, I feel like intelligence is only good if you can apply it, and it’s hard to apply it without hands.That might be the thing holding dolphins back the most.So, I guess if we’re talking water-dwelling mammals without hands, they’re like Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and Edison rolled into one… if they lived underwater and had no hands, of course.Just last week, I woke up to my wife on her hands and knees sweeping something by the front door."Welp.They’re back," she said."Aw, man; not poltergeists!" I said."No, ants.""Oh… that’s bad too."We live in the bright, sunny free state of Florida, and when we get into ...