What is human

#1

This is freaking me out.Are they dolphines or people that have weird bodies and just aren't as smart..........from newsweek mag.

May 22, 2006 issue - According to scientific naming, the dolphin above is called Tursiops truncates, but it probably thinks it's named something more like "Bob." Marine biologists announced last week that dolphins compose their own unique signature whistles and clicks that identify them within their communities†™ ¢‚¬„¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¢†™‚¢‚¢¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¬¦‚¡¢‚¬Å¡‚¬†™‚¢‚¢¢¢¬…¡‚¬?or, put more simply, dolphins have names.
Despite a wide range of pseudo-cultural and learning behaviors recently discovered across the animal kingdom, dolphins are one of only two animal species known to name themselves. (The other is the spectacled parrotlet; bats and budgerigars may name their living groups but not necessarily themselves.) Scientists don't know why dolphins choose the call signs they do, although a male may be more likely to compose a whistle that sounds like his mom's. They also don't know why the dolphins seem so self-centered: "They say their names a lot," says researcher Laela Sayigh. This doesn't necessarily mean Bob the Dolphin swims around shouting "Bob!" all day. The whistles vary in intonation, says Sayigh, so they could alternately mean "Bob is sad!" or "Bob found a fish!" The animals also mimic each other's whistles, possibly when they want to get each other's attention. Alternately, they could be engaging in another very human pastime: name-calling.
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#2

I'm jsut not sure how much I believe in the intelligence of dolphins...Maybe they do have names, maybe they don't, but what if they use other things: movements to dictate communication...

Until another animal speaks some English, LoL, I'm going to be skeptical of this...

Bot · #3

Are you kidding me, Ja? Why do they have to speak English?

I'm guessing you think the national language for the entire world should be English... lol /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

#4

LoL...

Well, I'm just saying...We have different anatomy than we do...In fact, you could pretty much say that we live in different worlds...Don't mean we can't mutually exist, but it could take another human a long ass time to understand another human...Let alone, to think with some consistency that we could decipher the talk of an intelligent, but still unhuman, lifeform...

See, the problem with this kind of research to me, is that we assume as humans we are the dominant, or most intelligent species...But what if that's not true...Even though we don't have a link for the article, you can tell that's pretty much the case...Who says dolphins have to have names..? And that they understand things like humor..? That a little clearer as to what I mean..?

Bot · #5

Here's the article: Dolphins, like humans, recognize names. Snagged it from OF. lol You do bring up an interesting point... although we'll never know if you're right... lol

#6

I was just kidding when i refered to them as humans but i believe what ever we have in terms of intelegence is an extension of what animals have.This study just shows that some things we take as being only human may not be.You know i think that if they wanted to they could kill you under water with there sonar.Thats how they stun fish.

#7

QUOTE(AYHJA)See, the problem with this kind of research to me, is that we assume as humans we are the dominant, or most intelligent species...

That reminds me of something I saw, I think it was on Stephen Hawking's Universe, or something. A scientist was saying "Why should we have to understand? Should a duck understand calculus?"