If in the metaphor they were a large elephant...

OK guys just so we all know and everybody understands why this is a big deal.

Spinner dolphins hunt at night and they sleep during the day. They take shelter along the West side of the big island during the day and sleep.

Biologists have spent a great deal of time figuring out, with science, that when we wake them up all day long by swimming it's bad for them. We stress them out and prevent them from getting a good night's rest. This leads to lower birth weights and poor hunting for them.

Swimming with the dolphins if they are Spinner dolphins is actually really bad for the dolphins. How would you like it if somebody would come to your house, while you were sleeping, and thought it was cool to come into your room and walk around your room in the middle of the night?

The sightseeing industry has focused on connecting people to humpback whales. To say they were disappointed in the federal law changing and protecting Spinner dolphins is an understatement. Here on the Big Island there is a whole telegram channel dedicated to lovers of dolphin swimming. There position to the most part is "As a human I can wake those sleepy fucks anytime I want."