Do Dolphins Have a Sense of the Future?


	Do Dolphins Have a Sense of the Future?

Silkweaver

3-8-2009 4:00 PM

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animal intelligence, dolphins

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3-9-2009 2:21 AM

theredwillow

a "sense of the future" would be prediction. what your talking about is "an ability to recognize delayed gratification".

i thought you had an interesting clip about fortune telling dolphins, but you merely had information about how smart dolphins are (which is commonly known)

3-9-2009 8:04 AM

Silkweaver

Yes you are absolutely right... fortune telling dolphin would be a much more interesting scoop

I have read a few interesting articles about dolphin intelligence and their ability to predict future situations and respond accordingly. Regretfully they are very hard to clip....

3-13-2009 1:52 PM

Brimstone

Hahaha, solong and thanks for all the fish... Oh and u can have your rubbish back

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