How smart are dolphins? - Lori Marino
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- Опубліковано 30 сер 2015
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Dolphins are one of the smartest animal species on Earth. In fact, their encephalization quotient (their brain size compared to the average for their body size) is second only to humans. But exactly how smart are they? Lori Marino details some incredible facts about dolphins.
Lesson by Lori Marino, animation by Zedem Media.
If dolphins had fingers and thumbs, they'd be making complex societies underwater.
Id love to see some dolphin memes
Atlantis
That’s not how science works
@@Cpt_Natalia welcome to the UA-cam comment section m8
That sounds like a cool alternative timeline.
"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."
-Douglas Adams
+Robert Winslade TRUTH
So long and thanks for the fish.
+Robert Winslade
never thought of it that way
+Robert Winslade dang, that was deep
+Braingears It's not a fish...
*fun fact*
Dolphins have such a degree large of linguistics skills and sheer intelligence that they give each other names. Scientists have observed that certain dolphins respond to a certain combination of whistles and clicks that’s unique for each dolphin
They also have "spindle neurons", which are specialised for the processing of emotion and social abilities. What is even more interesting is that they have three times as many of these neurons as humans do, even when accounting for the fact their brains are larger than ours. We can infer that their cognitive abilities for emotion may even surpass ours.
wow, names? they must be smarter than humans!!!1!1 Dolphins arent smart, they're just smarter than other animals.
@@bacon7149 Dolphins are smart. Did you watch this video? They are extremely intelligent! And yes, being the only other animal on the planet that gives names to idenitfy eachother means they are smart. You HAVE to be smart to do that. They are also the only other animal on the planet we know of that is aware of their own thought process. Just knowing that means that Dolphins could be signigicantly smarter than us, but we would have no way of knowing. Open your mind a bit homie.
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 Okay, and...?
Oh so when a dolphin puts seaweed on it’s head it’s “smart” and “cute” but when I do it I’m “a bad funeral attendant”.
Double standards, man. What can you do?
Combat Wombat *Society*
@@combatwombat2134 OOO love your name, i considered it for my username
@@audreyandremington5265 haha, thanks! I must confess it's not of my own making, it's from Mortal Engines which is a book series. An airship in it is called the Combat Wombat. 😅
Combat Wombat I’m reading mortal engines now :)
pretty sure some dophins are smarter than some of the kids at my school smh
zeNUKEify if under 16 yes they are
Not 16, they are about as intelligent as a 3 year old.
Same smh
I think dolphins are probably more consistently intelligent than humans. Dolphins do not have geniuses, but they do not have idiots either.
My theory is that humans only have geniuses because we have hands and thumbs, and have mastered tool use, and thus can study things more thoroughly. We also have idiots whom have piggybacked on those geniuses. Dolphins do not have idiots, because they could not survive, and were possibly outcasted before they reached maturity.
Seems more likely that because the maximum intelligence of a dolphin is (as said above) about that of a three-year-old, there is much less of a range in intelligence. Not to mention the importance teaching plays in human intelligence, essentially expanding the range multifold.
fun fact:
alongside humans, dolphins are one of the few species that will kill for fun
there have been accounts of porpoise carcasses having signs of dolphin aggression, these porpoises were killed by dolphins, they werent killed for meat since dolphins dont eat them, they werent killed for territorial reasons since dolphins would often follow porpoises way outside of their territory, and they didnt kill them out of competition either, since they dont hunt the same prey
the conclusion is that dolphins think murder is fucking hilarious
yup and so do us humans and other animals first i lost faith in humanity and after reading this i lost faith in earth
they also have sex for fun :D
that is atleast better
They kill porpoises because they are racists, the look down on the porpoises
joseaca it seems they have an understanding enough to choose. Many times dolphins are hyper curious like a human. And thus, find interest in observing humans. But with “lesser life”. They almost show the same callousness that most humans do. And will gladly kill things for such astounding reasons as, they want to know what a creature looks like on the inside. Or what it feels like to kill...
We should start playing dolphins music to see if they have a favorite genre
Definitely death metal
@@anjali6050 🤣🤣🤣
There is a video on here somewhere of a Mexican band playing Mariachi music to them, and they seemed to love it
Anyone know if dolphins have a sense of individuality? Perhaps they have different preferences in music.
@@anjali6050 No I play my dubsteps to my dolphins, they headbang to them only..
No one:
A researcher in 1985: I'M A POSEIDON!
LOL " *A* POSEIDON "
Dolphin: LOOK, I'M A POSEIDON TOO!
I'm Poseidon. Not "I'm a Poseidon".
@@johntonguecruz2404 dude its a joke
@@DanTheLoler_17 😂
not all dolphins are smart, i once knew a dolphin that was a compulsive gambler.
You mean He blew his life savings on lottery tickets
Did he have any loan sharks?
I knew a bull who had the same issue smh
Giang K H Pham I recognize this joke but can't remember where it from. Anyone got any idea.
It is from futurerama
Who the hell eats dolphin meat???!!!
Humans eat dolphin meat
KaidaCestro Sharks and killer whales do too.
Dettol cool then leave them alone, I don't like a lot of people but I don't kill them I just let them do their thing whatever it may be. I probably wouldn't like you if we met, but I doubt I'd kill you.
@@KaidaCresto the same reason people eat cow meat...because they feel like it. Humans will always be selfish.
@Y002 AG2 ...?
How anyone can eat these beautiful, intelligent and helpful creature
if they are hungry
Chinese
@@jesperjrgensen7067 there are other things available my dear
Not many intelligent people are living in this Earth 🌏
@@jesperjrgensen7067 what kind of mentality is that
I wonder if humans could train dolphins to go find plastic and help them pick it up in exchange for idk fish
probably doable but Dolphins get fish on their own anyway
I wonder if dolphins could train humans to go find fish and help the dolphins pick the fish up in exchange for idk plastic
My English classes are backfiring at me.
@@Aenokoff tell me about it
@Ahmad Badar Tell me about it.
I didn’t expect the ending to make me emotional
Hey Kovu. This talk is now old and pretty basic. If you still care about dolphins, you might like to view these 2 channels:
- Whale Sanctuary Project (Dr. Lori Marino again)
- Wild Dolphin Project (Dr. Denise Herzing)
@@robertspaggiari7033 thanks for sharing.
@@user-qs3ih3ll5f thank you for your interest
@@robertspaggiari7033
Why do humans eat dolphins? Its alot of effort and its not worth it , or is it just rich people wanting to feel rich
@@imaginarychip4916 First of all, I have to say that my comment was focused on the use of dolphins in captive situations, as in my reference to the Whale Sanctuary Project, led by Dr. Lori Marino. And like her, I mainly speak from a North American context, where mainly sharks eat dolphins - unlike humans.
You might address your concerns by contacting Only One on the internet. This is a reputable organization led by very famous people. It's not a secretive conspiracy making claims without evidence. I support their campaigns about driftnets, and the ocean agenda petition.
My question to you is, WHICH humans, and why? Can you be more specific? I don't know which country you're in, or what you call "rich."
Globally, most people contribute to dolphin death - either as bycatch or by habitat destruction - by eating fish, much of which is imported from poorer countries. Should we suspend all fishing? Maybe we should! What do you think?
Some poor fishermen hate dolphins because dolphins eat fish and prevent them from earning a better living. And dolphins are easy to kill.
The solutions are not so easy to agree upon, because different humans are affected in different ways.
Oh and by the way, whale meat and fish products have often been included in dog food. I wonder whether dolphin meat is.
So...I need you to provide more information before I can support your comment, which does not really fit with the research I read.
dolphins invented cellphones man
yeah man
dolphins blowholes are like buttholes, but on their blowholes.
Mike Oxlong, Dolphins have large tails for antennas.
dolphins got their name from a famous NFL team in miami
Their dorsal fins have bio-electronic lasers in them.
how crazy is it, that some alien could look at human brains in the same way... my brain cant comprehend what a more complex brain would be like
Probably not a more complex brain that changes much. But a better moral understanding, they would feel pitiful for all of our pointless squabbles and misunderstandings, all resulting in a worse humanity... they would become angry at us because of our blindess and ignorance. We, in their eyes, have no morals, no meaning, just a mistake in this Godforsaken world. For even though we know how to fix ourselves, how to stop our idiocy, we don't. Because we carry an individualistic soul of selfishness and greed. How pathetic, how dissapointing, how sad.
how... so Very Much alone.....
@@mental_breakdance7227 yet we are social creatures and are made to bond with other humans. We may be an individual but humans have a collective consciousness.
@@mental_breakdance7227 you don't need to make a short essay about it. It just what if...
@@mental_breakdance7227 if there's an alien race that visits us, theyre either all the same color, or they dont have that prejudicial bone in their alien bodies. It really shows that humans are their own destruction
@@uwuhihiowo that's a paragraph😅
"The dolphin were mimicking the scientist"
Dolphin is the original creator of meme guys .
Hani Lala what meme
Poor joke
Memes are much older than that.
In human accent "mreehhh look at me I'm a human I have seaweed on my head I'm sooooo intelligent..."
Always has been
These dolphins in Florida that cooperate to get fish remind me of a group of 20 dolphins that help fisherman in a city called Laguna in Brazil, they do that since 120 years ago, the older fisherman teach their sons how to fish with the dolphins and the older dolphins also teach their sons how to fish with the humans... just how cool is that?
Thats wonderful
sad for dolphins, can you plz help sign the petition to stop japanese government kills whales and dolphins each year, thanks a lot. You can search petition to stop japan slaughter Dolphins
@@literature8536 tinamen square incident 😂
@@literature8536 yeah I learned about taiji very sad
To kill an animal with such high intelligence is just morally wrong and for what? Meat? their meat is saturated with toxins. Entertainment? How sick.
Makes you wonder what they would be capable of if Dolphins were more dexterous. As obvious as it sounds, not having hands and prehensile thumbs sounds like it really limits creative expression.
+Merry Machiavelli Indeed, one of the main reasons humans excelled in tool making is the complex structure of the hands that evolved for precision, other primates have similar hand structure but they lack the small motor units controlling the hand muscles, making their finger movements much less precise than that of humans'. It's amazing how almost every biological feature we have was built for intelligence.
+Merry Machiavelli We would probably soon gain the technology(if we hadn't already) to give dolphins robotic hands which they could control with their minds. It would be interesting to see both as an experiment and in general.
+Merry Machiavelli Yes!!!!
I agree they are probably just as smart or clos enough as humans!
+Shawn Uchiha Close to what?
+Merry Machiavelli This is why I wish octopi lived longer & formed social groups. They could take over the oceans if only they did those two things.
I suspect the only things keeping dolphins from being the “humans of the sea” is their lack of thumbs or fingers and the fact that they cannot discover and/or utilize fire due to them being in the water
Mr Rimmer grab the fish?
@@tomm5663 they have a mouth
Clownfish so do we
@Thomas Myles what prompted this
Astute observation
Just finished my part time job at a place that literally took care of injured dolphin. It's turned out that dolphins are extremely sensitive creatures. They were able to tell people apart and bond differently with everyone. They could chose who are their favorites and who they just don't like. They smart enough to test boundaries with new people to get to know them better, by splashing water at them and sometimes giving playful bites. But be careful when they showed some defensive attitude. Sure they could bond with people, but like I said, they are sensitive, so some errors people make can make them slightly angry and decided to simply ignore people or in some more serious case head-butting people...
I wonder if dolphins are smart enough to wear they are aware that humans are testing them
where
Ashton Ottley I agree ☝️
Maybe the dolphins are the ones who are researching us
No they’re not
I'm sure they are! There's a picture of cheetah not bothering to race grey hounds because the cheetah knew it was a test, dolphins are smarter then cheetahs, so I'm sure they could or have known they were being tested.
I saw wild dolphins make mud nets in Florida as I watched from a dock. ^.^
+PPD Productions yeah
My Serendipitous Mind thats great!
that must have been so cool. watching orcas hunt is awesome
I wish I was born in the U.S.A. too
Imagine the dolphin who invented that.
"Guys, let's make a mess with the mud around these fish and catch them on their way out."
My friend and I got the chance to speak to Lori Marino at a talk at the Natural History Museum in NYC back when we were mere high school students volunteering at the NY aquarium. She was not only incredibly knowledgable but so sweet and encouraging when we told her we wanted to study biology. The advice she gave us both as young aspiring scientists has stuck with me since. My friend has since graduated with a degree in marine biology and I am soon to finish a dual major in biology and environmental science!!
Congrats on that dude that's a big accomplishment especially doing something you're passionate about. So many people go to college and get a degree that they don't care about and never use. Study them dolphins 🐬!
“Don’t kill a dolphin, you monster!”
-Minecraft
brilliant educational video, thanx for sharing, very educational and fine time we declare Dolphins a sentient beings, and give them full protection of our laws.
mic of orion as far as i know, in Europe its illegal to get close to dolphins in the wild, so thats a way of protecting them by law, at the expense of all those thousands of people in the world whose greatest dream is to swim with free dolphins (not captive ones) and share a mystical experience with them.
Very educational...spreading the lie of evolution...haha
I think we ought to protect ALL animals, intelligent or not
This comment is 2 years old!!!!!!
They're on the list of self-aware animals, as are we. :)
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
i came here for this
scrolled too far for this
42!
were have I herd that before
This comment now has 42 likes. Let's keep it that way.
Damn I wish I was a dolphin, imagine no job no bills.
bruhh
Well you can still have no job no bills by being a homeless and eat rats or whatever is thrown at you.
@@mohamedameri360 why are you rude?
@@mbalikobo6720 I dont know aboit the rats but lol he is right. We could survive without jobs though. Just if everyone did it then there wouldn't be a society.
but you gotta mess with humans
3:18 another being *elephants*
4:12 and so do *elephants* who also go back and visit their graves.
TedEd teaches me a lot :)
Ted-Ed is the real teacher:D
Yes maybe.. but this is a dolphin video, elephant man lmao.
What do elephants have to do with anything
And crows
1:00 looooooooooool! after a sea animal evolved to be a land animal, it comes back to water and evolves to be a water animal again xD
Yeah, the same irony with penguins, crocs and sea turtles. Nature is a laugh
AlfBiology ikr
penguins went from water to land to air to water
Nothing to notice and made a short stop at "colossal death tank" during that whole "dinosaur" phase.
AlfBiology Crocs are semi-aquatic.
4:25
i would have liked if he said "the ultimate question may not be whether dolphins are intelligent and complex beings but whether humans are" :p
Jotaro could have taught me that.
I was trying to find this comment haha
@@fadidarman7610 same
Bet
@@jotarokujo320 OH MAH GOD!!!
In Brazil the bottlenose dolphin brings a school of fish up to the fishermen, so they can throw their Nets over them. At the same time, the Dolphins are in the net while the fishermen brings it on Shore. Then the Dolphins are released and fed until they are full.
I have a feelings humans in the future will look at animal rights as we look at slave rights. "Oh those were some dark times back then, but we were just stupid. We're smarter now and know better."
+Corner Universe I would imagine it would be the other way around, as dolphins will probably get much smarter than humans, based of stupid some people can be... So long, so long and thanks! For all the fiiish~ #Kappa
+LordDragox412 Thats if the dolphins survive us.
+Corner Universe That will never happen. Human rights only improve when the opressed themselves speak up and fight back and impress on the ignorant that they are to be treated as equals. Animals can't do that and need human embassadors, which doesn't have the same emotional and moral impact on the ignorant.
You can always publicly make fun of the vegans/vegetarians/animal rights supporters for their "quixotic" believs but you can't keep making fun of opressed minorities without considerable backlash.
2nd3rd1st
Have you ever seen/read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? It *did* happen, so never say never! #Kappa
+Corner Universe And right after that they'll say "Now let's continue enslaving AI and make it work and to tricks for us"
Dolphin Life:
"ok ok guys so I am going to splash mud with my tiel and then when frank dose the signal with will be squeaks you all come in and get the fish, It's going to work I promise
Silver Simba Lugia Dionisus The 3erd dolphins murder things for fun
@@jacklynyeh4893 humans do too haven't you seen bird shooting contests, kid please..
I get sick on the thought of humans eating meat from: Crows, dolphins (related species killer whale and so on), whales, pigs and chimpanzees. All of these animals understand when they are going to die and feel an extreme amount of dread, fear and terror before it happens. When someone is eating dolphin meat it's like someone is eating another person to me, some things we have in common: personalities, different tastes, social groups, understanding of themselves, can ask questions, empathy (compassion), love, deduction and so on.
Pigs exist because humans
@@Literallyryangosling777 well ye we might have bred them to pigs from wild boar. But boar is also on my list technically.
@@nullone3181 Smartest response ever. Thumbs up!
I believe all animals with a nervous system shouldn’t be eaten .
Banks Residence then rip dolphins bro because they only eat animals that have a nervous system.
Love TED-Ed. Giving out so much good information and asking all the right questions :)
A newfound respect for the dolphins. There should be a dolphin rights
+Lacusveris Yeah, I agree with you on that one. :)
+Lacusveris well the idea is that all life should have rights, more or less.
Yeah.
+Lacusveris India already did this. They are called "Non-human persons" and it is illegal to keep them in captivity anywhere in India.
Then there's also the unmentioned fact that dolphins are complete sex freaks, not just for reproduction, but for pleasure. They'll behead a fish's head and insert their penis inside it and treat it like a fleshlight. Male dolphins will also commonly have sex with other males or calves, and they will also form a team to rally and hunt female dolphins for their sex slaves.
I learned a lot over the summer from watching these videos!
me too
+Akash Saha You must be 7 yo then.
kpacuBua No, I'm not 7 years old.
You need to stop watching anime and playing minecraft and go outside.
I actually do go outside, you don't know me. I just happen to watch Minecraft and play it and like to watch anime. You don't need to post unnecessary comments. Stop making assumptions of people you don't know.
Dolphins are so cute!!!
who would kill them? they're so cute and helpful
i want to be a animal rescuer when i grow up
They are my favorite animals!
Dolphins usually throw fish on land to slowly suffocate them to death for their own entertainment.
@@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575 but they are still the cutest
@@arman_cooldude Ah yes, torture, so cute.
@@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575 and we do stuff like that too and like humans dolphins have different personalities some may like that but not all of them
first sea animals that came on land: aight imma head in
dolphin ancestors after getting bored inland: aight imma head out
How were they able to adapt and evolve into their enviroments,I wonder
I like how this video not only educates knowledge about dolphins, but also addresses audience the problems exist in the dolphin's world. Increasing awareness of these problems seem to be the important purpose behind the detailed facts.
Thanks for sharing this video while acknowledging the true meaning of education. It's a good reminder for me as a college student at the rim of getting lost in the loaded lectures in the middle of a busy semester.
One interesting thing is that dolphins have the same exact brain size as the early modern Humans (1600cc.)
People today have smaller brains on average (1300cc.)
Source?
I like the engine reference UwU
Brilliant educational video, well done on explaining psychological concepts in a simple way with reference to the tasks. Keep up the good work!
I recently watched netflix's documentary about how ppl kill dolfins because they are concurency in fishing and honestly after that scenes watching this was almost physicly painful. I have no idea how we (as a human kind) can be so cruel towards species that share so much with us.
Thank you for sharing this knowledge in such a nice way. Animation was fantastic!
If anyone has the time or intellectual space, I highly recommend Thomas I. White's book "In Defense of Dolphins" which supplies arguments for dolphins rights and establishing them as "non-human persons". It's quite a fascinating read with some anecdotes and hard data as well to back up his case.
Omg the animation and sound production to this video is phenomenal. Amazing job ❤️
Humanity is renouncing empathy and growing into an intelligent yet ruthless creature.
You should see the documentary dolphins made about humans.
Outstandingly great animation right there, loved it.
I like the animation. really neat and clean. also simple designes of over the video and borders are great
4:17
EXCUSE ME WHAT THE ACTUAL
Wonderful presentation . Thanks.
I started to tear up near the end :(
Why? Are you allergic to dolphins?
the animation looks so good :D
Excellent tone at the end
Excellent animation and video. Lots of interesting information.
How Smart Are:
_Crows_
_Orangutans_
_Dogs_
_Dolphins_
... (to be continued)
Is that a JoJo reference?
@@alifhazmi7341 TED-ed already made a video on all of them mentioned!
Chimpansees are the smartest
Octopusses.
Elephants
The fact that dolphins are more clever than some people is insane😂
in the distant future, when humanity has fallen, the dolphins will evolve and replace us, then they will discover the remains of our civilization in the excavations and wonder how it is possible.
They never will. Being underwater will prevent them from every inventing fire or using wood. Unless they evolve into another species I doubt it
I'm sorry have you ever seen a dolphin with thumbs?
Humans have already evolved too far, next step is shedding our organic bodies and once that happens dolphins won’t be able to fill the gap unless some crazy meteor killing dinosaurs like event happens
I have been in the water with dolphins. I was overwhelmed with their awareness and willingness to cooperate.
Why should we only empathize with animals similar in intelligence to us? Shouldn't we care for all other animals regardless of their intelect?
no. they are stupid and we eat them.
+Isidora Flores Is easy to say, but hard to do it. Nature doesn't work that why. The code remains the same: ''The survial of the fittest.'' The fatc that we can apreciate and protect species that are particulary inteligent is just an act of empathy and merchy, nothing more. We can stop eating those species simply because there are others we can eat. And we need to eat animals. Not only for our survial, but for keeping the balance in mother nature. Humans are the main predators in the food chain. If we would stop eating other species, that would turn the natural balance upside down... many of those would breed without control, they would get very numerous and that would damage or even destroy the nature. But before that it would make life extremly difficult and make many humans and animals starve to death. There are only two ways in which we can see most of the animals: food or natural enemies...
Why do so many humans forget that just as any other animals, we are part of the nature too.
Do you empathize with cockroaches and mosquitoes too ?
Agree
+im not a phukn wizard hagrid 98 but pigs are highly intelligent and we eat them?
Love all your vids TQ so much!! :)
Love the message at the end especially 👍👍👍
Thank you for smooth animation.
We need a petition to make a genetically modified dolphin that has fingers and thumbs. I want a dolphin civilization RIGHT NOW
Yes. This needs to happen right now
if making a genetically modified dolphin with fingers and thumbs was as easy as you make it sound like, my grandpa wouldn't have died of cancer
Eons ago, dolphins walked on land.
+Mounted Czarina Thank you Morgan Freeman.
And they looked like dogs
TheMusketITuckedIt I was thinking the guy with the tinfoil hat from Futurama
The Fall of Atlantis
Great video! Thank you
Thanke you for teaching and advicing
Something to keep in mind with our understanding of animal intelligence is that the way in which animals express or make evident their intelligence we as humans can not perceive without the aid of technology. Dolphins and their communication through sonar is one such example. Without technological aid, we humans would not be able to know these wonderful creatures are interacting with and communicating with complex language, with language being one of the defining characteristics of human intelligence, this is a massive piece of evidence that humans are nearly on par with human intelligence. Another such example is Elephants and their ability to communicate by making vibrations in the ground that other elephants then perceive with their feet. Elephants are another example of an extremely intelligent, social, empathetic animal who's capacity for intelligence we as humans were physically incapable of perceiving. The point in saying all this is that it is with almost 100% certainty that all these animals have additional behaviors and expressions proving their intelligence as similar and even equivalent to our own, but in ways current technology can not yet ascertain. Animals are far more conscious and intelligent than our species ever has acknowledged before, and i hope to see the day where mammals are given similar rights that humans have.
Get at me when a dolphin invents a breathing apparatus to not come up for air. We can then have a serious conversation about intelligence.
Yep. Dolphins are smart for an animal but not for a human
Agreed
Later in the dolphin world : why are humans so smart ?
I could throw all of this guy's video voice overs in a playlist and fall asleep.
Teenagers don't know who Flipper is.
Guess they don't watch that stuff any more.
Natalie Rodriguez Does Flipper watch teenagers?
Nor Skippy the bushkangeroo :(
My mom told me about it a series about a kid and his dolphin 🐬
Well what a wonderfully convenient time to have a dolphin on your profile picture
Yep
I’m learning english and this videos are excellents for my process. Thank you.
Very well made informational video
Im a Pacific islander & my ancestors were dolphin whisperers. When traveling on the ocean & we get caught in a storm they call on them to lead them to a nearest island for shelter & wait out the storm. Each families has a particular sea animal they can communicate with like turtles, rays, whales & sharks just to name a few. Unfortunately more & more of us today like myself have dropped our island life in search for the “American dream” & i believe its killing us. Many of us move out of the islands & end up coming back in a coffin because of broken hearts, homesick & the cold weather in which we are not used to.
Fun fact:
Dolphins have bigger brains than some humans
Yeah, and so do whales. Size isn't all, though. It's more about the complexity of connections between neurons.
we’re talking about brain size compared to body size
those animations are the best
Great documentary
"So long and thanks for all the fish!"
This breaks my heart so much. I hope we can looks forward for a better future of these days-by-days are getting endangered species.
I personally think these types of videos educate me more on my own free will than the education system.
Dolphins are so smart that they know there are 2 genders.
nice
based my man, based.
dolphins are awesome before one year ago i fell out of a boat and could not swim and dolphins saw me and saved my life bringing me back to the surface
Are you a sailor?
yeah i sail the oceans better than u i discovered t
he maldives now i live there
I doubt that ^^
I'm sorry if you live in the maldives, lol
do u know where the country is
Ted-ed : dolphins can empathize, can you?
How thoughtful
They always end it with a preachy message.
@@Chillerll How is that 'preachy'?
My love for dolphins 🐬 is growing as I learn more about how their brain works . Definitely appreciate them more
I just love the sounds
We humans have such a great ego. We say an animal is intelligent by comparing it to us putting our way to be on top of the other's.
that's because we're the only animals that use reason and logic to solve simple equation. you don't see an elephant studying in the field of astronomy do you?
+Bill Nye the Science Guy how do you know that? you dont think to some other animals we look stupid? killing each other, destroying our own habitat and food supply. We are weak, with poor eye sight, slow swimmers, we cant fly.
What would aliens capable of faster than light travel, think of us? you think we are better because we can make shiny phones that we love partially because they are shiny? Because we like wearing shiny rocks that we spends hundreds on? We like pretty lights like a moth to a flame?
Bill Nye the Science Guy Try to solve puzzels like a raven or memorize like an elephant or even try to unlock doors like orangutans, you wouldnt be able and these are any elephant, orangutan or raven that you pick. On the other hand pick any human from a crownd and ask him/her elementary school questions and be amazed with his knowlegde....
+Stupidity Exodus no I think we're better because, again, we are the only animals that use reason and logic to solve simple equation. Animals can't comprehend the thought of other animals being stupid. if we aren't better than other animals how come we're at the top of the food chain and we can cage animals in zoos. we can't swim well, fly, or run fast but we can develop machines and equipment to let us do so, unlike any other animal. so again, humans populate New York, not elephants
+Pablo Limo ok but ask that Raven, elephant, or orangutan the same elementary school question and be amazed at how they don't even know that youre speaking to them. I'm pretty sure you can train a human how to pick a lock and solve a puzzle too. some people are just born with better memories than others
we human are scared of monster and beast but we are the real monster and beast
And we are the english but not the good english but the bad english
like the children who have the biggest fear of spiders and bats but are fans of spiderman and batman
Illuminati confirmed
Why?
ooga booga yes i agree
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Thank you for that ending! They should be protected at all costs
How can one go to Sea World is the more pertinent question. Everybody was outraged about circuses, but somehow dolphins are still captive.
Ah, I like Dolphins, they umm
... *swim*
I hate dolphins.
@@King-Hammurabi then why are you watching a dolphin vid? 😂
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absolutely amazing video A+++
Idk but that TED opening and ending theme gives me goosebumps ❤️
I love this creature and am truly amazed by their capacity of comprehesnion. 👍
I worked at Marineland where they have a few dolphins, and i remember them watching me and my friends during orientation(I worked in the restaurant and had no aquatic training Knowledge). I remember using basic body language to communicate with them and I actually ended up getting the dolphins to splash my friends and got everyone soaked! Very smart creatures!
Wait till the dolphins learn how to start fire
*underwater*
That means a dolphin has learned how to break science faster that human did :)
This entire video was aesthetically pleasing
It'd be nice to find a documentary that takes multiple dimensions into account like:
1) Does the animal pass the mirror test
2) Encephalization quotiont
3) Do they mourn their dead?
4) Societal structure (sociable or solo player, if sociable is it a regular hierarchy?)
and use those to categorize animals and find similarities/patterns in general - we have so much to learn from animals and bake that knowledge into our tech.