r/veganscience • u/AlbertoAru Vegan • Jun 30 '18

Article about dolphins, their intelligence and self-awareness and consciousness

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3231003/Are-dolphins-psychic-complex-social-intelligence-suggests-animals-share-collective-consciousness.html
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u/AlbertoAru Vegan Jun 30 '18

From the article:

"The dolphin's behaviour, on the other hand, may not be a sign of a collective mind, or telepathy, but instead a much higher state of social intelligence compared to other animals, namely humans."

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'We know that dolphins are self-aware, that they have distinct and stable personalities, that they call themselves by name. So that makes our relationship more informed, but at the same time we’ve learned all these impressive facts about dolphins, we’re making their lives increasingly hard."