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TL;DR: - They gave a puzzle to 24 couples of dolphins. - In order to solve it they had to cooperate. - Out of those 24 dolphins only 1 couple made it.
by xchip 10y ago
TL;DR:
- They gave a puzzle to 24 couples of dolphins.
- In order to solve it they had to cooperate.
- Out of those 24 dolphins only 1 couple made it.
- This couple was making more noises than the rest.
Conclusion: Dolphins were brainstorming on how to solve the puzzle.
My impression: WTF new scientist, WTF...
- jobigoud 10y agoPaper is behind the Springer paywall for me… Is there an Arxiv link or something?
- jobigoud 10y ago> - They gave a puzzle to 24 couples of dolphins. > - Out of those 24 dolphins only 1 couple made it. No, they gave the puzzle 24 times to 6 pairs of dolphins. One pair got it each time, although 4 times a single dolphin from the pair managed to get it own its own. I would really like to read the paper. Did they get better in time? Did the one dolphin figured it out on its own before or after he figured it out with his pal? Why was he even able to pull it off on its own anyway?
- toufka 10y agoThe name of the paper: 'Acoustic behavior associated with cooperative task success in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)' The location of a place that has the paper: https://sci-hub.bz/ https://sci-hub.bz/
- xchip 10y agoLOL It's not even that :) I reread it again and it is so confusing! It looks like they repeated the puzzle 24 times in a swimming pool with 6 dolphins, only 2 dolphins ever managed to solve it once "The team conducted 24 canister trials, during which all six dolphins were present. Only two of the dolphins ever managed to crack the puzzle and get to the food."
- coldcode 10y agoClearly this was a pod of dolphin managers.
- throwanem 10y agoIt's the New Scientist. The WTF is implicit.