Apparently Dolphins Can Actually Talk

We already knew dolphins were really smart, and we knew they communicated. This isn’t abnormal with intelligent animals–monkeys make specific noises to alert their buddies if they’re frightened, if they’re angry, or if they see food. What scientists have discovered is that dolphins have multi-word conversations between individuals. They have dialogues. The clicks and whistles are words, and they exchange sentences with up to five words between them. Two things to consider here. First, dolphins are six million years older than humans. So in terms of intelligent creatures, they’ve got seniority over us. Second, they have larger brains than we do. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re smarter, but they might well be intelligent enough to have actual conversations with us once we crack their language. I suspect they’re going to turn out to be far, far more intelligent than the funny zoo pets we usually think of them as.

I’d be curious to ask: so what do you think about us?

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