the humanity of dolphins and the animalism of human

Both Len and I believe that dolphins are the smartest animals in the world, smarter than a lot people out there.

The result is especially obvious when you compare a dolphin with jorge bush--dolphins can protect human swimmers from sharks while bush sends our people to die constantly. Talking about being semi-serious and 100% sarcastic.

But on a less political and more scientific level, there are many evidences to prove that dolphins are unusually intelligent.

From dolphin's cerebral studies, a bottlenose dolphin's brain size is slightly bigger than a human's brain, and can be as 4 times bigger as a chimp's brain. Dolphin's cerebral cortex is 40% bigger than a human's, with "wrinkles" of near equivalent complexity. hence in marine life studies and other researches, people prefer to compare dolphin's brains with human's rather than the primate animals.

The highly complex brain structures of dolphins decided their behaviors and how they are famous for being quick learners. It also applies on how dolphins communicate with other dolphins using clicks and whistles, while they use echolocation to locate objects in the ocean.

I read about that the US navy trained dolphins to spot sea mines in the bottom of the ocean, also read that human, sometimes slaughter dolphins for fishing reasons. Dolphins can be very aggressive while they are fighting sharks and orcas so it's not like that they cannot fight back the unjust that people force onto them, but they rarely attack human, even if human treat them cruelly.

I said, "dolphin for president".
"got my vote already," said Len.



For whoever that is interested, Im reading a book I got from Amazon.


To Touch a Wild Dolphin : A Journey of Discovery with the Sea's Most Intelligent Creatures By Rachel Smolker
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Anchor (July 9, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN: 0385491778


also for preferences on the topic of the Intelligence of Cetacea(dolphins and whales), here is a good place for information.