Originally posted by TWILITE22

Originally posted by r3axion

Originally posted by superballs
but none are smarter than humans

if dolphins were as smart as us they wouldnt swim near japan ever theywould reasonbly deduce thats where we die

if whales are so smart why dont they have scouts way out telling them where the whaling vessals are??

they just swim right up to the boats..

No one said dolphins are geniuses, but they're the second smartest creatures on Earth.

What Marino and her colleagues found was that the cerebral cortex and neocortex of bottlenose dolphins were so large that “the anatomical ratios that assess cognitive capacity place it second only to the human brain”. They also found that the brain cortex of dolphins such as the bottlenose had the same convoluted folds that are strongly linked with human intelligence.

Such folds increase the volume of the cortex and the ability of brain cells to interconnect with each other. “Despite evolving along a different neuroanatomical trajectory to humans, cetacean brains have several features that are correlated with complex intelligence,” Marino said.

edit on 31-1-2012 by r3axion because: (no reason given)

well I'll ask,who's first??

Whales don't eat fish guts. Nor fish, for that matter.

Fish-eating killer whales prey on around 30 species of fish, particularly salmon, herring, and tuna. In New Zealand, rays are killer whales' most frequent prey,[76] and they have also been observed hunting sharks (particularly makos, threshers and smooth hammerheads). Squid and sea turtles are also taken.[77]

Originally posted by TWILITE22
reply to post by r3axion

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I don't know about that ,like I said to the other poster,it's all in how intelligence is defined.Not to derail the thread,but dolphins as well as other animals seem to be much more efficient in life,much less complicated.