Recently, a TikTok of a sweet golden retriever service dog “meeting” a dolphin at an aquarium has gone viral.
The TikTok, which was shared by @radiantlygolden, aka Ashton, has garnered 1 million views as well as over 243K likes and over 930 comments. People seriously cannot get enough of the adorable interaction between the two animals.
“You won’t believe how these dolphins reacted to my service dog,” Ashton wrote in the text overlay on the TikTok.
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@radiantlygolden I think the dolphins knew he was special 🥺🩵 @Georgia Aquarium #servicedog #dogsoftiktok #animalfriends #heartwarming
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In the video clips, dolphins kept swimming up to the glass where Ashton and her service dog were seated at the aquarium. The dolphins looked at the service dog intently, clearly curious and having a great time figuring out what he was exactly.
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“Is land puppy??? Nice to meet you! I is sea puppy🥰🥰🥰,” someone joked in the comments.
Even better, the service dog was totally calm the entire time the dolphins checked him out, sitting contently and letting them suss him out. In the clip, you can even hear someone saying, “He’s so good!”
The video is melting hearts across TikTok, as people observed what a beautiful interaction it was. Animals really do have their own language and connect on a level we don’t know.
“Animals have their own connection we will never understand 💙😭,” exclaimed one person in the comments.
“Knowing that Dolphins are the 3rd smartest animal this makes it even cuter 🥺 they genuinely were interacting with him,” commented another TikTok user on the sweet video.
“I used to work at an aquarium ! [sic] dolphins LOVESSSS dogs. They don’t understand them. Then find them SOOOO interesting. Same things with strollers. They can feel them roll around with echolocation. It’s beautiful,” said another TikToker.
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