When people argue against animal rights with gems like, “What’s next, the right to vote? To drive?” I just have to roll my eyes and shake my head. And when people argue against same-sex marriages with “next humans will be marrying animals,” I just sigh. But then there’s this

Woman marries dolphin

Sharon Tendler met Cindy 15 years ago. She said it was love at first sight. This week she finally took the plunge and proposed. The lucky “guy” plunged right back.

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In a modest ceremony at Dolphin Reef in the southern Israeli port of Eilat, Tendler, a 41-year-old British citizen, apparently became the world’s first person to “marry” a dolphin.

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Dressed in a white dress, a veil and pink flowers in her hair, Tendler got down on one knee on the dock and gave Cindy a kiss. And a piece of herring.

(Via BB)