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RedEyE
09-13-2006, 08:19 AM
:hungry:

http://www.lorrainebartlett.com/llb/photos/p.fish.fry.jpg
RedEyE
09-13-2006, 08:23 AM
Dumb dolphins

Monday, 21 August 2006
Presenter: Geoff Hutchison
<!-- Main Image --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=150 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee>http://www.abc.net.au/wa/stories/Dolphin_m1281297.jpg Just how smart was Flipper after all?
</TD><TD>http://www.abc.net.au/news/img/spacer.gif</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- End Main Image -->The long-held belief that dolphins are one of the smartest things in the ocean has been blown right out of the water.
Geoff Weir, the Conservation Director at the Australian Dolphin Research Centre, says that they really aren’t all that clever.

He says that even though dolphins have a large brain, a lot of their grey matter is probably set aside for processing sound.

“They can send clicks out into the water, listen to those and build up sound pictures just like a medical ultrasound,” Geoff told 720 Morning presenter Geoff Hutchison.

In fact, Mr Weir says, a dolphin’s brain is more like a bat.

“Their brain has a very similar structure to a bat’s brain that uses sonar in a very similar way, “ he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/wa/stories/s1721252.htm
RedEyE
09-13-2006, 08:25 AM
Dolphins are dumber than goldfish - professor<TABLE style="WIDTH: 405px; HEIGHT: 44px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=caption style="WIDTH: 360px"> Nalisha Kalideen
August 17 2006 at 05:06AM </TD></TR><TR><TD style="HEIGHT: 1px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cccccc" colSpan=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=23 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=svarticletext>Dolphins are dumber than goldfish.

In fact, the brains of the adorable mammals of the deep are so poorly organised, they don't have the intelligence to jump out of enclosures - unlike goldfish.

Research by Wits University Professor Paul Manger shows that the dolphin is dumb. Its brain may be large, but only so that it can generate heat to keep warm.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=143&art_id=vn20060817031855765C442092
mybills
09-13-2006, 08:44 AM
They jump at Sea World.
ddaryl
09-13-2006, 08:50 AM
yes that sure does look tasty.
Meathead
09-13-2006, 08:53 AM
everyone knows bison are the worlds smartest animal
RedEyE
09-13-2006, 08:54 AM
everyone knows bison are the worlds smartest animal

Exactly!
Meathead
09-13-2006, 08:56 AM
and leanest

http://colemannatural.com/userfiles/Image/prod_bison_big.gif
mybills
09-13-2006, 08:57 AM
Plus you can't wear Dolphin skin.
Meathead
09-13-2006, 09:05 AM
and take it from me, bison DO have a blowhole :hump:
RedEyE
09-13-2006, 09:09 AM
It's fish week people!!! Get motivated!
lordofgun
09-13-2006, 09:20 AM
Dolphins are dumber than goldfish - professor<TABLE style="WIDTH: 405px; HEIGHT: 44px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=caption style="WIDTH: 360px"> Nalisha Kalideen
August 17 2006 at 05:06AM </TD></TR><TR><TD style="HEIGHT: 1px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cccccc" colSpan=2></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=23 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=svarticletext>Dolphins are dumber than goldfish.

In fact, the brains of the adorable mammals of the deep are so poorly organised, they don't have the intelligence to jump out of enclosures - unlike goldfish.

Research by Wits University Professor Paul Manger shows that the dolphin is dumb. Its brain may be large, but only so that it can generate heat to keep warm.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=143&art_id=vn20060817031855765C442092
Or maybe they're smart enough to not want to land on the concrete outside of the tank.
RedEyE
09-13-2006, 09:23 AM
Or maybe they're smart enough to not want to land on the concrete outside of the tank.

That can't possibly be it.