Cetacean intelligence

animals in captive environments such as zoos and theme parks have grown more controversial. The literature I have reviewed focuses on a particular group of animals in captivity, cetaceans. Cetaceans include whales, dolphins, and porpoises. The literature includes a range of themes, from their unique level of intelligence to why they may mentally and physically suffer in captive environments. However, it all connects to how and why these animals live and behave differently in captive environments

The bottlenose dolphin, genus Tursiops, is a cetacean renowned for its social intelligence, even being prescribed the status of non-human persons along with other intelligent species such as great apes. Both dolphins and primates share a number of attributes that have led to an evolutionary propensity for intelligence, including prolonged parental care, long lives, complex social bonds, and communicative cooperation (Reynolds et al., 2000). But unlike primates, dolphins lack opposable thumbs, as

Dolphins have been around a lot longer than humans. They originated about 50 million years ago. The most common dolphin, being the bottlenose dolphin, has been around for 15 million years. Surprisingly, dolphins originated from members of the cetaceans group. Cetaceans used to be land mammals but evolved into being aquatic mammals. In From Land to Water it stated, “The transition from land to water is documented by a series of intermediate fossils from India and Pakistan.” This research helps prove how

1986). In order to understand the complexity of these highly mechanized acoustic systems, it is necessary to learn the process for which the dolphin hears. In most water-adapted cetaceans, tissue conduction is the primary route of sound conduction to the middle ear. The isolation of the bullae shows an adaptation for tissue conducted sound. The lower jaw contains fat that is closely associated with the impedance of seawater

Have you ever wondered how the Tursiops Truncatus dolphin got its name? It got its name because it's nose, which is short and stubby. The Tursiops Truncatus' coloring is different from other dolphins. Their physical appearance is intriguing and distinctive. They have fascinating family life and eating habits. You can even see bottlenose dolphins in many places in the U.S.A. Their main home is the Pacific Ocean, but they also live in many other places. The coloring of the bottlenose dolphin

mating strategies among different male dolphins species. “Male mating strategies and forms of competitive interaction among male cetaceans lead to the development of sexually dimorphic features such as prominent postanal humps, reproductive adaptation such as large testis size, and retained bodily scarring caused by interactions with conspecifics.” (Murphy, 2005) Cetacean have been noted to either have a polygynous or polygynandrous mating system. (Murphy, 2005) These mating systems have led to a

Bottlenose dolphins are said to be the smartest animals in the world next to humans. They are very intelligent and show it in many different ways. Dolphins are very social animals that love having attention. They will do a lot to get it. Many dolphins smarts are used in shows. They learn easily and will do it on command if you train him or her right. Kids love dolphins because they are so fun to watch. Dolphins wouldn’t be fun to watch if they weren’t so smart. Bottlenose Dolphins are some of the

example, they use squeaking, whistles, and clicking noises to talk to other dolphins in their pods. They also use movement, such as slapping their tails on the water, as a form of communication. Dolphins are useful to people in many ways. Their intelligence makes them easy to train. The military has trained dolphins to locate sea mines and enemy

Bottlenose Dolphins By: Eve Lingard & Lilly Peebles Period 4- O'brien & Period 1- Prosser Mount Baker Middle School June 1, 2017 Abstract This paper explores the life of bottlenose dolphins. In this paper, we explain that dolphins are intelligent and general information about them. The research was conducted by analyzing books about bottlenose dolphins and doing online research. From doing this research, I learned the truth behind the myths of bottlenose dolphins and their anatomy. Some common dolphin

people. Sometimes they even will play jokes cause they’re so sweet. Dolphins have diets, like squid, fish, and crustaceans. Dolphins are commonly seen in aquariums, sea parks, TV shows, and movies, the bottlenose dolphin is a wildly recognizable cetacean (marine mammal). In the wild, bottlenose dolphins inhabit the temperate and tropical oceans around the world with coastal populations entering into bays, estuaries, and river mouths. Like the name “bottlenose” suggests, this species of dolphin has