How smart are dolphins? - Lori Marino
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-smart-are-dolphins-lori-marino Dolphins are one of the smartest animal species on Earth. In fact, their encephalization quotient (their brain...
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In 1985, three researchers on a dolphin-studying expedition got a little bored. To lighten things up, one pretended to be Poseidon by placing a seaweed garland on his head and then throwing it into the ocean. Moments later, a dolphin surfaced with the seaweed crowning her head. Sure, this could have been a coincidence, but it's also entirely possible that the dolphin was mimicking the scientist. That's because dolphins are one of the smartest animals species on Earth. So exactly how smart are they? Like whales and porpoises, dolphins belong to the group of aquatic mammals known as cetaceans who comprise 86 different species, and share a common link with ungulates, or hoofed animals. Originally land mammals, the first cetaceans entered the water...
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In 1985, three researchers on a dolphin-studying expedition got a little bored. To lighten things up, one pretended to be Poseidon by placing a seaweed garland on his head and then throwing it into the ocean. Moments later, a dolphin surfaced with the seaweed crowning her head. Sure, this could have been a coincidence, but it's also entirely possible that the dolphin was mimicking the scientist. That's because dolphins are one of the smartest animals species on Earth. So exactly how smart are they? Like whales and porpoises, dolphins belong to the group of aquatic mammals known as cetaceans who comprise 86 different species, and share a common link with ungulates, or hoofed animals. Originally land mammals, the first cetaceans entered the water...
