DailyDirt: Are You Smarter Than A Dolphin? | Techdirt http://t.co/tBA8aGTsuJ #wibiya
February 28, 2013
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DailyDirt: Are You Smarter Than A Dolphin? | Techdirt
We may think we're pretty smart, but animals like dolphins are pretty smart too. For over 30 years, scientists have been trying to determine how smart dolphins really are. Bottlenose dolphins have a brain-to-body-weight ratio that is only second to humans, and they also have a very complex neocortex, the part of the brain that is responsible for traits typically associated with human intelligence, such as problem-solving and self-awareness.