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[Citation needed], especially for the minke whales.
by trothamel 9y ago
[Citation needed], especially for the minke whales.
- Fnoord 9y agoOrca and dolphin recognize themselves in mirror test [1]. Whales are mammals [2]. Mammals all possess a neocortex [3]. "The neocortex, also called the neopallium and isocortex, is the part of the mammalian brain involved in higher-order brain functions such as sensory perception, cognition, generation of motor commands, spatial reasoning and language." [4] and AFAIK a CNS (Central Nervous System) as well. Animals are recognized as sentient beings in certain jurisdictions such as Canada and New Zealand, but not world-wide. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_consciousness#Mirror_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_consciousness#Mirror_te... [2] http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2536 http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2536 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system#Mammals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system#Mammals [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocortex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocortex