Flipper Fail: Dolphins May be Dumber Than We Think

Der Spiegel ^ | September 27, 2013 – 01:49 PM | Philip Bethge

[max americana]

the dumber they are, the more delicious..

[dfwgator]

Yeah, but at least they’re off to a 3-0 start.

[9422WMR]

When I wasa kid, there was no dolphin free tuna. It tasted good and we liked it!
Put the Dolphin back in tuna!/H

[Michael.SF.]

Their social lives are complex, and they can congregate in large groups. Their heart rates increase when they notice a family member suffering. They sound the alarm when they discover food or a potential threat. And experiments have shown they even anticipate future events. Biologist Justin Gregg is talking about chickens.

The real question is: Are Democrats smarter than chickens?

Let's look at the evidence for Democrat intelligence vs. chickens:

Chickens vs. Democrats

Their social lives are complex Democrats: Check
they can congregate in large groups Democrats: Check
heir heart rates increase when they notice a family member suffering. Democrats: Check.
They sound the alarm when they discover food Democrats: Check
or a potential threat. Democrats: Fail
they even anticipate future events.Democrats: Fail

There we have it: Chickens are smarter than Democrats.

[freedumb2003]

Well, now the intelligent ones left, leaving behind the message “so long and thanks for all the fish.”

[montag813]

Great! Can we finally have Tuna-free Dolphin in stores?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Grilled dolphin for everybody!

[Mrs. Don-o]

For later.

[workerbee]

As L'Oreal says, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful! "

[Twotone]

A friend went swimming with the dolphins while visiting Puerto Vallarta (I think). She had fun & asked the trainers if the dolphins enjoyed the interaction with humans. The response was, “They like the fish.” LOL!

[Misterioso]

It seems Flipper was a flash in the pan.

[CrazyIvan]

I remember as a naive kid hearing that dolphins were known to push shipwrecked sailors to shore and telling it to my grandfather. He promptly replied; “Of course the ones they pushed the other way never got to tell their story”. Gramps was a realist.

[Thorliveshere]

Good. I’m sick and tired of hearing how “intelligent” they are all the time.

[Verginius Rufus]

Herodotus tells the story of how Arion was carried to safety on the back of a dolphin--he proves it by citing a statue of a man riding on a dolphin which Arion dedicated. This would have been around 600 B.C. Of course if it is in Herodotus it must be so.

Arion was supposedly the best singer in the world. The sailors on the ship he was traveling on were about to throw him overboard but they allowed him to sing before he went overboard--so it may be that he was rescued because the dolphin liked his singing.

[dowcaet]

If dolphins were so damn smart they wouldn’t be ending up in Starkist Tuna cans. The way the animal rights kooks described the dolphin’s intelligence you would think they could do calculus equations or figure out the genetic code for humans. I guess those eek eek sounds from Flipper and his crew were not signs of intelligence after all.

[US_MilitaryRules]

I watch porpoise a lot. They are always having sex. That is all they do.

[ilovesarah2012]

I have loved dolphins since I was a kid and went to the Seaquarium and watched Flipper. I think dolphins are smart and beautiful.

[1010RD]

Your caption doesn't seem right.

To me it's saying, "Eat me."

[Vendome]

Just some jack wagon contrarian.

Dolphins are our friends.