While urinating as a means to communicate or increase social bonding is not uncommon among animals, it is unusual for aquatic mammals.

A new study observed Amazon river dolphins for 218.9 hours and saw males spurt urine into the air 36 times—proof that the behavior is more common than we thought.

A video of an Amazon river dolphin urinating in the air has caught the internet's attention. Originally filmed in 2016, the footage has resurfaced online, sparking widespread reactions and curiosity.

Aerial urination by the Amazon dolphin (Claryana Araújo-Wang) The study documents 36 instances of “aerial urination” by boto between 2014 and 2018 and records the sequence, duration and ...

In the murky waters of the Amazon, pink river dolphins exhibit a surprising behavior. Jets of urine sprayed into the air may play a key role in their social interactions. These cetaceans, known as ...

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The newly resurfaced footage, originally captured in March 2016, shows an Amazon river dolphin, also known as botos, urinating into the air in Brazil’s Tocantins River. In the video, the dolphin ...

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.