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Whenever I hear about dolphins intelligence I remember this article http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/scientists-dolphin-intelligence-may-be-overrated-a
by jvln 8y ago
Whenever I hear about dolphins intelligence I remember this article http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/scientists-dolphin-intelligence-may-be-overrated-a-924614.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/scientists-dolphin...
and a fact from it that the first time dolphins language was heard by a guy under LSD influence. He was so impressed that wrote a book and this way started a myth that dolphins have a language.
- jpmoyn 8y agoThat article compares dolphins to chickens and goldfish. While I doubt the level of intelligence that some people attribute to dolphins, I haven't ever seen a goldfish or a chicken do a trained complex acrobatic maneuver for food, or wipe a mark off of its body after recognizing itself in a mirror.
- jwilk 8y ago> When goldfish are placed in a bowl, he explains, they at least try to escape by boldly jumping out, I don't think jumping out of a fishbowl is a particularly smart move... > whereas dolphins that have been captured in nets won't even think of jumping to freedom. What?!
- pvaldes 8y agoMaybe the book was not good, but this does not change the fact that dolphins have dialects, variations to adapt the environment, and can call directly other dolphins using individual names. Many species of cetaceans have languages, for sure. There is a bottlenese, an orcanese and a commondolphinese. Probably more than one of each in fact.