(September 17, 2021 at 7:47 pm)evolcon Wrote:(September 17, 2021 at 7:02 pm)Angrboda Wrote: I don't remember the details, but I saw an example where one dolphin was shown a trick to do and another dolphin that hadn't seen the trick were given the hand signal for the trick. They both submerged for a few seconds and when they emerged, they both did the trick in tandem. I don't know how they communicated the details but they clearly communicated complex information.That is what science would call a "just so" story. although I could easily believe it.
language gives humans silent internal communications ie, controlled, directed, thought. it is that which separates us from other species, it's one hell of a trick. The mystery is how and why after many millions of years it is just now, and just us. There may be a Nobel prize waiting for someone
There’s also the well documented case of the Laguna dolphins, who drive fish into the nets if waiting fisherman in return for a share of the catch. This has been going on for several times the lifespan of a bottlenose dolphin. The consensus is the the adult dolphins are teaching this to their offspring, which would seem to require ‘controlled, directed thought’.
Boru
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