Woman weds dolphin - Tel Aviv, Israel
December 30, 2005

British tourist Sharon Tendler has finally made her dream match - by "marrying" a dolphin she has been visiting for 15 years in the Israeli resort of Eilat, the mass-circulation Yediot Ahronot daily reported today.

Ms Tendler, 41, has been visiting the city on the Gulf of Aqaba two or three times a year to spend time with her 35-year-old underwater sweetheart.

"The peace and tranquility under water, and his love, would calm me down," the Israeli daily quoted her as saying.

Last week, Ms Tendler finally plucked up the courage to ask the dolphin's trainer for the mammal's fin in marriage.

The wedding took place on Wednesday, with the bride - wearing a white dress and watched by amazed spectators - walking down the dock to where the groom was waiting in the water.

She kissed him, to the cheers of the spectators and then, after the ceremony was sealed with some mackerels, was tossed into the water so she could swim away with her new husband.

"I'm the happiest girl on earth," the bride was quoted as saying.

"I made a dream come true. And I am not a pervert."

Hmm...well whatever floats your boat.

Yeah.. But thats just wierd..

Who's dream? And why does she need to defend herself against being a pervert? I can't see anything in the article accusing her...

No, now that is just wrong!

When she dies and is buried at sea, (I predict that'll be her next "dream"), I bet the dolphins eat her!

I can't wait to see what the kids will look like!

Sure you can really care for an animal... but to marry one?

One more happy (human) male who has escaped wedding a deranged woman.

And how exactly did they ascertain that the dolphin was willing to marry this woman???

Okay...

Desperate, methinks?

Maybe the dolphin was the most intelligent male she could attract

Actually that just brings up more questions... Maybe the dolphin was a particularly unintelligent one?

She has got to be a member of PETA. Like on "SouthPark" where they're all married to animals LOL! Isn't this..... like Illegal?


Lapi'che

Animal cruelty I'd put it under. I read a British news story ages ago where a man had "relations" with his farm animals and was arrested...

Oh and... UK people out there... Who remembers Mark and Lard's Radio1 show with the "goat incident"? ::giggling:: Do a search on one of the mp3 download programs out there, that might bring results.

We will be discussing their offspring on UM, a new Crypto: meridiot!

There was a guy on the West Coast of the U.S. who was kicked to death by a horse while doing that. Pay backs are hell. They should of commendated the horse.


Lapi'che

ugh.... what people do for a few hours of fame... not realising that they'll be placed into a 'keep this lady out of seaworld' category...

Isn't marriage between a man and a woman? Is the dolphin going to get some kind of pension or does she get some kind of tax break for this? Does this make the dolphin an English citizen or the woman Israeli?

I'm not even going near morality/ethics issues on this one. Are gay marriages allowed there at least as well?

Well on the bright side, their wedding registry was through Walmart; She wanted the silverware set on aisle 4 and he wanted a case of sardines from aisle 19...

...Oh, and a flipper friendly can opener...

*twitches* Some people need some serious help *starts talking to stuffed mouse head mounted on wall about the ethical issues about this marriage*

I feel sorry for the dolphin, getting married to that psyco.

.......................??????!!!!!.......dude *shakes head* ...I don't even want to picture their wedding night ......

OMFG...........you can bet those pics will turn up here.....dolphinbabies.....are people just getting more stupid all the time, or what?

On the other hand....given the sad state of humanity these days, a dolphin might not be such a bad thing......better than a shark for instance....

Okay thats just wrong!!!!!!!!!!!! Sick and wrong, call animal cops......... Ugh i am shuddering from possible images of their honeymoon.

Well, there's a mental image I could've gone my whole life without envisioning.....

Agreed. Gay marriages are not even allowed world wide, but this girl is marrying a dolphin ?. Just sad.

Dolphins are very intelligent species and there are stories out there that many have been known to be sexually attracted to humans. So the dolphin could infact be aware of the relationship.

I read of a male human having a relationship with a dolphin with a female dolphin this is the first time I read of a female human and a male dolphin.

I really wanted to reply to this, to make some clever observation or draw some useful, practical moral or lesson from it - but all I can think of are lame one-liners, like "Original Fin" and "...but the groom jumped THROUGH the wedding ring". Some thing just break the brain. And here all this time I thought it would be tentacled abominations that plunge between the stars - but its just the parents of Deep Ones.

OK so she says herself she is not a pervert??

And, did the groom sign the wedding papers?.... where is my bucket??

I really dont want those images to pop up in my head.

No kidding... ack...

I could see the headlines now - And so I married Flipper

I was wondering about that.
Dolphins are pretty clever animals. Tricksters too. He might just be playing a game or... something.

HAHAHA......floats, dolphin!








Well, I found it funny






Anyway, thats just whacked.

Iv'e seen it all now!

Anybody remember that "King of the Hill" episode where Hal's niece got him the swimming with the dolphins gift card and the dolphin got all up on him and he freaked?

lol, yes!

I hate it when our fish-eating intellectual superiors screw with us like that; I hope he gets caught in a trawling net for tricking that poor woman like that.

That dolphin must be a randy little devil. I wonder if he is cheating on his dolphin mrs?

Or maybe the woman needs new bifocals?

Strange if you ask me, but the thoughts and desires of women can never truly be understood and put into common language... if you ask me! If she thinks it's the right thing to do, go for it. I'll never meet her, and if I did, I might like her, and I might invite her over, but I'll be damned if the lucky husband gets my rugs soggy.

Just my 2 cents.

It's reality show gold.......

The intrigue...
The romance...
The mackerel...
Coming this spring to an aquarium near you...
The network premiere...

"Life with Mr. and Mrs. Dolphin"

Now that is Bizarre!!

I think its hilarious people have a serious problem with men marrying eachother but really don't mind or have any laws against a woman and a dolphin doing it.

And I don't think she's in love...she's either an attention seeker or psychologically f***ed up.

I'm leaning more towards f***ed up....

Creepy, but less creepy than the marriage to the snake imo.

Lmao, that would be ironic in a funny sorta way...


lol yes that was my intended pun.

I saw this on the news today. She was in a dress and everything. 'Twas very strange...

Indeed I just saw this on the news and she at least appears sane although her actions ceratinly dont seem very sane.

They're legal in the UK... Very new law, but legal nonetheless...

Least you could see the logic behind that *sniggers* no batteries needed...

<< slaps own wrist my bad

Hi I am new here. I love this site. I am curious, do you have a source for this dolphin story? (Sorry if I missed it)

I wonder if the clincher was the fact that humans and dolphins are the only species which have intercourse for pleasure? I think she misinterpreted that information for the two species doing it together....