I don't see the porpoise in this thread.
Aye, but a dolphin likely would!
I’ve read that researchers believe some porpoises have learned thousands of words.
So, if they can understand what we are saying, but we can’t understand what they are saying, wherein lies the “intelligence” in that relationship?
They’ve figured out all kinds of stuff
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Is that Tom LeachAt least they go after live ones.
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They’ve figured out all kinds of stuff
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She wanted it. They all want it.That woman sure is letting it happen
Ape sign language has been established as ******** so I quit believing in all of it and now support plans to destroy the planet.
Right turn, Clyde
Plus do we even know if any animal species really has a language and not just a bunch of random sounds accompanied with body movements?
But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.
and now support plans to destroy the planet.
Be honest OP, you started this thread just for the halibut.
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.