Dolphins learn how to use tools from peers, just like apes - study

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In Shark Bay, Australia, bottlenose dolphins that aren’t related have been observed teaching each other a new way to use a tool, a behavior that until now scientists have found only in humans and other great apes.

In a practice called shelling, dolphins will chase fish into abandoned giant snail shells on the seafloor, then bring the shells to the surface shake them with their noses, draining the water and catching the fish that fall out.

Researchers combined their data on the dolphin sightings, as well as genetic and environmental data, into a computer model that proposed various ways shelling could be transmitted between dolphins. The model that supported horizontal transmission was the strongest outcome, according to the study.

"The fact that shelling is socially transmitted among dolphin peers rather than between mother and offspring sets an important milestone, and highlights similarities with certain primates, who also rely on both vertical and horizontal learning of foraging behavior," Michael Krützen, an anthropologist at the University of Zurich, said in a press statement.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/06/dolphins-use-tools-peers-similar-great-apes/

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Dolphins are very intelligent and underrated animals.

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dolphins are evil, their smile is a hoax.

But I love them so much omg, I even swam with one

So cute so intelligent

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2 minutes ago, River said:

dolphins are evil, their smile is a hoax.

But I love them so much omg, I even swam with one

So cute so intelligent

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Simpsons predicting the future once again.. dolphins the superior species coming for us

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“Dolphins are the second most intelligent Mammal.”

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Dolphins are unique mammals that have large and developed frontal lobes. These departments help to realize all the locating capabilities of mammals. This is a kind of physical assistance or physical gift that compensates for the undeveloped other parts of the brain.

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On 6/27/2020 at 7:16 PM, FfFfFfFF said:

In Shark Bay, Australia, bottlenose dolphins that aren’t related have been observed teaching each other a new way to use a tool, a behavior that until now scientists have found only in humans and other great apes.

In a practice called shelling, dolphins will chase fish into abandoned giant snail shells on the seafloor, then bring the shells to the surface shake them with their noses, draining the water and catching the fish that fall out.

Researchers combined their data on the dolphin sightings, as well as genetic and environmental data, into a computer model that proposed various ways shelling could be transmitted between dolphins. The model that supported horizontal transmission was the strongest outcome, according to the study.

"The fact that shelling is socially transmitted among dolphin peers rather than between mother and offspring sets an important milestone, and highlights similarities with certain primates, who also rely on both vertical and horizontal learning of foraging behavior," Michael Krützen, an anthropologist at the University of Zurich, said in a press statement.

https://uk.edubirdie.com/physics-help

 

Sometimes I think that a person is not an alien but a part of a natural chain. We should not be superior to other animals because intelligence is not the determining factor. Each animal has its own physical skills that help to compete at a certain level.

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i wonder if pigs could do the same

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On 6/27/2020 at 6:45 PM, giskardsb said:

 

Love this film! Books are better tho