3.5K views · 981 reactions | Dolphins glide through the ocean, typically cruising at 3-4 mph, yet capable of exhilarating speeds up to 18 mph! The ‘speed swim’ captured in slow motion in this footage beautifully demonstrates the incredible power, strength, and agility of our dolphins. . . . . . #dolphin #dolphins #cetacean #cetaceans #marinemammals #marinelife #marinemammal #ocean #oceans #oceanlife #reels dolphin | Dolphin Quest | Facebook

Dolphins swim so fast it hurts! Literally 🐬👇 These dolphin swimming with @yellowin_official can swim up to 33.6 MPH 🚀 What is the fastest a dolphin can swim? Near the surface, no more 33.6 miles per hour. Why? Because it hurts it to swim faster. Those are the findings of a pair of researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. But tuna, they say, do not suffer the same problem. Gil Iosilevskii and Danny Weihs carried out a series of calculations to model the tail and fins of fi