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Any thread on dolphins teeming with the usual tripe about their intelligence, playfulness, peacefulness, and near parity (if not outright superiority) with huma

Any thread on dolphins teeming with the usual tripe about their intelligence, playfulness, peacefulness, and near parity (if not outright superiority) with humanity is not complete without mentioning their tendency to commit infanticide and kill other marine mammals for fun: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3323070/Killer-dolphins-baffle-marine-experts.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3323070/Killer-do... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1689180/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1689180/

darkchasma 14y ago
I'm confused, you use the term tripe, as to say it's misleading about their intellect or parity, and yet give two more examples on how similar they are to humans. We, as humans, are peaceful, playful, intelligent, and vicious and sadistic murderers.
m_d 14y ago
Because humans have never killed each other for dubious reasons, right? I'm not sure how this information is relevant.