Together we can ensure our platform remains a hub for empowering ideas committed to fighting for a sustainable, healthy, and compassionate world. Pay Pay $49.99/Year + Go Ad-Free! These are real, untrained Risso’s dolphins doing headstands in their natural environment. Marina Costa’s YouTube video shows both above water and underwater views of this phenomenon — dolphins position themselves vertically so their tails break the water’s surface and sway in the wind. As Dolphin Project Campaign Director Rick O’ Barry told The Dodo, “I think they are simply having fun.