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How do we know dolphins are so intelligent?

If they're so dang smart, why can't they figure out that hanging out with tuna is a bad idea?


KIDDING.
 
Re: Re: How do we know dolphins are so intelligent?

Interesting Ian said:


They can recognise themselves in mirrors for a kick off.
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OMG, I am gonna agree with an II post.

Actually, my link is a very nice summary of research done on the just that using the "mirror mark" test.

Interesting stuff.
 
Re: Re: Re: How do we know dolphins are so intelligent?

Diogenes said:


How was this determined?.. ( seriously interested )
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Follow the link I posted.
 
Well, it certainly isn't on the basis of brain/mass ratio, otherwise we would consider moles and sharks very intelligent.
 
If they are so intelligent, how come they keep getting caught in those fishing nets?
 
Humphreys said:
If they are so intelligent, how come they keep getting caught in those fishing nets?
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Reminds me about the joke regarding the Seafood Restaurant at the " Sea World" type, amusement park.

The person was contemplating the idea that they were dining on a " slow learner "...:D
 
Segnosaur said:
"If dolphins are so smart, why do they live in Igloos?"
- Cartman
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"intelligent and friendly on rye bread...with some mayonnaise..."

- ibid.
 
Once again proving the famous "There's an Onion article for every topic" theory...

Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs -- "Oh ◊◊◊◊," Says Humanity

A related quote:

"Humans think that they're smarter than dolphins because they've developed war, the atom bomb, and culture, while all dolphins do is swim around all day and have sex. Dolphins think that they're smarter than humans for the exact same reasons."
-- Douglas Adams
 
Paraphrasing from Douglas Adams' So Long And Thanks For All The Fish:

"Humans consider themselves more intelligent for inventing cars, money and wars instead of swimming about all day having a good time. Dolphins consider themselves more intelligent for doing the exact opposite."

I certainly wouldn't mind a spell as a dolphin. But having seen a few documentaries on the real lives of dolphins in the wild they are certainly no better off than we are, and are quite capable of being extremely mean to one another. Which in itself could be a sign of intelligence...
 
I think my paraphrase got more to the heart of the issue than yours...though I can see why you might be averse to quoting it more faithfully...;)
 
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