Interesting thought! On the other hand, what is the point of building stuff if you don't need protection from rain and snow, vast swaths of ocean are just the r

Interesting thought! On the other hand, what is the point of building stuff if you don't need protection from rain and snow, vast swaths of ocean are just the right temperature for you, you can sleep with half your brain at a time while swimming, and you are not interested in stockpiling food for later? I have a feeling that what dolphins lack in material culture, they make up for in social life, poetry, philosophy, and music. They're probably looking at us with pity: "Their pod dynamics wouldn't be such a mess if only they didn't waste so much time and effort building stuff..." (Okay, okay, I know a lot of you people love building stuff...) If anyone's interested, I really enjoyed Voices in the Ocean by Susan Casey as a look into how advanced dolphins may actually be. She explores scientific facts and even interviews "kooky" new-age people who swim with dolphins daily to get their POV. I was convinced that at least there are dimensions to dolphins' lives that traditional marine biologists are totally unprepared to touch.