• Question: are dolphins as smart as us?

    Asked by maariyah to Indi, Jarv, John, Ken, Vicky on 15 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: John Prytherch

      John Prytherch answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      Maybe not as smart as us, but dolphins (and some other sea mammals like Killer Whales) are very clever, for instance using complicated teamwork to catch prey.

      Having said that, maybe Dolphins are cleverer than us, they get to play all day in the ocean rather than go to school or work…

    • Photo: Vicky Young

      Vicky Young answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      Oooh I’m not sure. I don’t think we can really know how smart they are without being about to communicate with them. They don’t form societies like us with workers and industries but this doesn’t mean that they are not smart. They could be laughing at us from the sea.

      It’s obvious that they are smart animals with emotions and feelings though.

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