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This is pretty rare in nature, however. There are very few species that live past reproductive age, I think humans and cetaceans are the only ones who do it.
by mullingitover 4y ago
This is pretty rare in nature, however. There are very few species that live past reproductive age, I think humans and cetaceans are the only ones who do it.
- rbanffy 4y ago"Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much — the wheel, New York, wars and so on — whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons". — Douglas Adams
- oblak 4y agoMakes a ton of sense, doesn't it. We're attributing our preferences - biological, cultural, etc. - to the good stuff, then later on "discover", piece by piece, that we're not that special. I know many truly intelligent people who do feel humans are special and it's been blowing my mind for decades