They really try hard to upstage you. They've learned if they splash the camera everyone reacts a lot. Wimmer and his pals work six months a year on Australia's Gold Coast. But dolphins in Australia are a lot bigger, better and older, the largest of all bottle-nosed dolphins. They are more even tempered than the ones in Florida were.
Dolphins are like kids.
They have a high energy level and they love to play. That's all they do, play and eat. Unless they feel something is really exciting they get bored and move on. Filmmaking can be boring, but these older guys don't mind just hanging out. We use four of them because they specialize in certain things.