A joke told to me by my psychology professor...

I'll start by letting you know the backstory to this. It was the first day of class and my professor was giving a brief overview of physiological studies and theories. He then went into a very long description of a supposed psychologist who studied the training of dolphins and it went something like this:




A psychology student, finishing his doctorate, went to study the psychology of animals and spent some time at sea world studying Dolphins. He tried his best to train the Dolphins using positive reinforcement through treats of sardines and fresh fish. However, he was unable to find consistent results. Determined to find a pattern he stayed overnight for a week and observed the Dolphins, attempting to train them each morning.

On the fourth night he saw a flock of seagulls land in the dolphin habitat with their babies. The Dolphins proceeded to leap out of the water, scaring the adult seagulls away. Unfortunately the baby seagulls were unable to fly away and the Dolphins then swam up and had sex with them. The next morning he conducted the same tests he had earlier in the week and found that the Dolphins were much more receptive to taking orders.

The student, determined to find a correlation in the happiness of Dolphins and susceptibility to training, snuck off to a beach front the next night. He found a flock of sleeping seagulls and promptly stole all of the baby seagulls he could find. He carried as many of them as he could in his arms back to the dolphin tank at Sea world.

On his way back he encounter a sleeping lion. He slowly stepped over the lion, in an effort to not wake it. Immediately after he thought he was in the clear a bright flashlight was shone into his eyes.

A police officer had stopped him. The student asked, "what am I under arrest for?"
The office responded "Youre under arrest for transporting underage gulls across sedate lions for unorthodox porpoises."

I immediately face palmed but secretly loved the joke.