No; it is still instinct. And are other senses that dolphins possess being omitted here, such as their electroreceptive abilities?
1 posted on
08/09/2013 8:12:05 AM PDT by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
When’s the last time they made the playoffs?
2 posted on
08/09/2013 8:12:36 AM PDT by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai
Dolphins can problem solve like humans ...
As Rush has said - Let me know when they build their first hospital.
6 posted on
08/09/2013 8:17:43 AM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Olog-hai
I believe they are drawing the wrong conclusion from their experiment. I would posit that their primary means of locating objects in the water is their echolocation.
A better experiment would be to instruct the dolphin to mimic a humans actions, leave the blindfold off, and introduce enough noise in the water to jam the dolphins sonar. Thus seeing if the dolphin could mimic the human trainers’ actions by eyesight alone.
7 posted on
08/09/2013 8:18:07 AM PDT by
G-Bear
(Always leave your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.)
To: Olog-hai
No if humans could only figure out how to get out of those damn fishing nets......
To: Olog-hai
I wish I had know this in college so they could have helped me with differential equations.
9 posted on
08/09/2013 8:19:53 AM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
To: Olog-hai
I would vote for one if it ran against McConnell or Boehner
To: Olog-hai
Dolphins: a future Democrat constituency. First grant them personhood and follow up with a Swimmer-Voter act. Hand out frozen herring on election day and they will vote donk by the pod.
11 posted on
08/09/2013 8:20:19 AM PDT by
jboot
(It can happen here because it IS happening here.)
To: Olog-hai
I bet they are SMARTER then some people residing in public housing.
13 posted on
08/09/2013 8:20:37 AM PDT by
Cowboy Bob
(Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
To: Olog-hai
“Now boys, after I’ve had my dinner I’ll tell you all I know about this Tarazan-Flash Gordon person.”
14 posted on
08/09/2013 8:23:17 AM PDT by
onedoug
To: Olog-hai
Dolphins are smarter than we give them credit for, but this is not problem solving.
Furthermore, this is about ONE dolphin. For this to approach being a scientific study, it has to be done with hundreds of dolphins.
But that’s not the problem. The problem is the obsession with finding that humans are not really the most intelligent creatures on Earth, and proving that humans are really just the same as other animals.
16 posted on
08/09/2013 8:27:29 AM PDT by
I want the USA back
(Liberalism is contrary to human nature. Promoting liberalism comes from a strong hatred of self.)
To: Olog-hai
If dolphins are so smart, why don't they jump over the cork line of the tuna net and escape? Jacques Cousteau was asked that question many years ago and said yes, they are very intelligent but they do not possess human intelligence. Big difference.
17 posted on
08/09/2013 8:28:41 AM PDT by
dainbramaged
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: Olog-hai
Every living thing “solves problems”.
Finding food or a mate is “solving a problem”.
19 posted on
08/09/2013 8:34:13 AM PDT by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
To: Olog-hai
No doubt dolphins think of humans as idiots to be pitied.
20 posted on
08/09/2013 8:49:54 AM PDT by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: Olog-hai
Give the dolphins arms, hands and fingers.. and I bet they can vote better than 47%(+) of the people too...
21 posted on
08/09/2013 8:56:00 AM PDT by
Bikkuri
(Molon Labe)
To: Olog-hai
...man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much the wheel, New York, wars and so on whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons.
Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
22 posted on
08/09/2013 9:14:06 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
To: Olog-hai
24 posted on
08/09/2013 9:25:40 AM PDT by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: Olog-hai
Good. I hope they can figure out what is killing them on the eastern seaboard
25 posted on
08/09/2013 10:24:01 AM PDT by
Cyman
To: Olog-hai
Gee I don’t recall seeing anything about dolphins building shelters or using tools and fire.
To: Olog-hai
Maybe one day they’ll figure out how to avoid those darn fishing nets.........
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