Our study shows that while aerial urination may be rare, or rarely observed, in cetaceans, it is relatively common in botos.” ...

Over four years, a team from Canada’s CetAsia Research Group traveled to the Amazon river, where they then closely watched river dolphin social interactions. Researchers documented a total of 36 ...

Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing a stream of urine into the air. As if that isn’t bizarre enough, other males will usually seek out the urine as it ...

Scientists studying Amazon river dolphins in Brazil have observed males spraying urine into the air, a ritual for communication.

A new study observed Amazon ... Ariau River in Brazil. Scientists have observed these dolphins, also known as botos, spurting urine into the air—and sometimes onto each other. The dolphin ...

Araújo-Wang told New Scientist: “On the first occasion, we saw a male flip his belly up out of the water, expose his penis ...

Both the ancient dolphin and the river dolphins in South Asia have ... from the mythical aquatic people believed to live underwater in the Amazon basin. Marcelo R Sánchez-Villagra, director ...

The male botos appear to be peeing with a purpose. Over four years, a team from Canada’s CetAsia Research Group traveled to the Amazon river, where they then closely watched river dolphin social ...

Scientists are perplexed by a strange new behaviour shown by the Amazon river dolphin of flipping belly-up to urinate with another male “actively” seeking the stream with its snout. The quirky dolphin ...