lol Dolphins flexing in the mirror First up, just how smart are dolphins? Researchers have been exploring the question for 3 decades, and the answer, it turns out, is pretty darn smart. In fact, according to panelist Lori Marino, an expert on cetacean neuroanatomy at Emory University in Atlanta, they may be Earths second smartest creature (next to humans, of course). ... Cognitive psychologist Diana Reiss of Hunter College of the City University of New York brought the audience up to speed on the latest on dolphin behavior. Reiss has been working with dolphins in aquariums for most of her life, and she says their social intelligence rivals that of the great apes. - David Grimm, with reporting by Greg Miller, Is a Dolphin a Person? ScienceNOW (Feb. 21, 2010);
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:52:15 +0000
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