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> - 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
by jobigoud 11y 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 11y 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 11y 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 11y agoClearly this was a pod of dolphin managers.