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{{short description|Intellectual capacity of cetaceans}} [[File:US Navy 050411-N-3419D-057 A female bottlenose dolphin BJ performs her daily exercises while her trainer, Dera Look, supervises.jpg|thumb|350px|A female [[bottlenose dolphin]] performing with her trainer. They are considered one of the most intelligent cetaceans.]] '''Cetacean intelligence''' is the overall [[intelligence]] and derived [[Cognitive skill|cognitive ability]] of [[aquatic mammals]] belonging in the infraorder [[Cetacea]] (cetaceans), including [[baleen whale]]s, [[porpoise]]s, and [[dolphin]]s. In 2014, a study found that the [[long-finned pilot whale]] has more neocortical neurons than any other mammal, including humans, examined to date.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mortensen |first1=Heidi S. |last2=Pakkenberg |first2=Bente |last3=Dam |first3=Maria |last4=Dietz |first4=Rune |last5=Sonne |first5=Christian |last6=Mikkelsen |first6=Bjarni |last7=Eriksen |first7=Nina |date=2014-11-26 |title=Quantitative relationships in delphinid neocortex |journal=Frontiers in Neuroanatomy |volume=8 |page=132 |doi=10.3389/fnana.2014.00132 |doi-access=free |issn=1662-5129 |pmc=4244864 |pmid=25505387}}</ref> ==Brain== ===Size=== [[Brain size]] was previously considered a major indicator of the intelligence of an animal. However, many other factors also affect intelligence, and recent discoveries concerning [[bird intelligence]] have called into question the influence of brain size.<ref name="Brain Mass" /> Since most of the brain is used for maintaining bodily functions, greater ratios of brain to body mass may increase the amount of brain mass available for more complex cognitive tasks.<ref name="nasa" /> [[Allometric]] analysis indicates that in general, mammalian brain size scales at approximately the {{frac|2|3}} or {{frac|3|4}} exponent of body mass.<ref name="Allometry" /> Comparison of actual brain size with the size expected from allometry provides an [[encephalization quotient]] (EQ) that can be used as a more accurate indicator of an animal's intelligence. [[File:Preserved sperm whale brain.jpg|right|thumb|Brain of the [[sperm whale]], considered the largest brain in the animal kingdom]] * [[Sperm whale]]s (''Physeter macrocephalus'') have the largest known brain mass of any extant animal, averaging 7.8 kg in mature males.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sperm Whales (''Physeter macrocephalus'') |url=http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetaceans/spermwhale.htm |access-date=2007-02-09}}</ref> * [[Orcas]] (''Orcinus orca'') have the second largest known brain mass of any extant animal. (5.4-6.8 kg).<ref>[[Brain size]]{{Circular reference|date=November 2017}}</ref> * [[Bottlenose dolphin]]s (''Tursiops truncatus'') have an absolute brain mass of 1,500–1,700 grams. This is slightly greater than that of humans (1,300–1,400 grams) and about four times that of [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzees]] (400 grams).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brain facts and figures |url=http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html |access-date=2006-10-24}}</ref> * The [[brain to body mass ratio]] (not the encephalization quotient) in some members of the odontocete superfamily Delphinoidea (dolphins, porpoises, belugas, and narwhals) is greater than modern humans, and greater than all other mammals (there is debate whether that of the [[treeshrew]] might be second in place of humans).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fields, R. Douglas |date=2008-01-15 |title=Are Whales Smarter than We Are? |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=are-whales-smarter-than-we-are |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727161600/http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=are-whales-smarter-than-we-are |archive-date=July 27, 2010 |access-date=2010-10-13 |website=Mind Matters |publisher=Scientific American Community}}</ref><ref>"Origin and evolution of large brains in toothed whales", Lori Marino1,Daniel W. McShea2, Mark D. Uhen, The Anatomoical Record, 20 OCT 2004</ref> In some dolphins, it is less than half that of humans: 0.9% versus 2.1%.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} However, this comparison is complicated by the large amount of insulating [[blubber]] Delphinoidea brains have (15-20% of mass). * The [[encephalization quotient]] (EQ) varies widely between species. The [[northern right whale dolphin]] has an EQ of approximately 5.55; the [[common bottlenose dolphin]] of 5.26;<ref>{{cite journal |last=Osvaldo |first=Cairo |title=External Measures of Cognition |journal=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |volume=5 |issue=108 |date=2011-10-04 |page=108 |doi= 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00108 |pmid=22065955 |pmc=3207484 |quote=Table 1 |doi-access=free }}</ref> the [[tucuxi dolphin]] of 4.56; the [[orca]] of 2.57; the [[pygmy sperm whales]] of 1.78; the [[narwhals]] of 1.76; the [[La Plata dolphin]] of 1.67; the [[Ganges river dolphin]] of 1.55; the [[sperm whales]] of 0.58;<ref name=Marino/> the [[dwarf sperm whale]] of 1.63; the [[beluga whales]] of 2.24; the [[false killer whale]] of 4.03; the [[amazon river dolphin]] of 2.51; the [[cuvier's beaked whale]] of 0.92; the [[harbour porpoise]] of 2.95; the [[dall's porpoise]] of 3.54;<ref>{{cite web |last1=L|first1=Marino|title=Cetacean brains: How aquatic are they?|page=696|url=https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=anatom|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref> and the [[blue whales]] of 0.19.<ref>{{cite web |title=Are Blue Whales Intelligent? Cetacean Intelligence|url=https://natureweb.co/are-blue-whales-intelligent/|date=28 December 2022|access-date=17 February 2025}}</ref> In comparison to other animals, [[elephants]] have an EQ ranging from 1.13 to 2.36;<ref name="Shoshani 124–157">{{Cite journal |last1=Shoshani |first1=Jeheskel |last2=Kupsky |first2=William J. |last3=Marchant |first3=Gary H. |date=30 June 2006 |title=Elephant brain Part I: Gross morphology, functions,comparative anatomy, and evolution |journal=Brain Research Bulletin |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=124–157 |doi=10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.03.016 |pmid=16782503 |s2cid=14339772}}</ref>{{rp|151}} [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzees]] of approximately 2.49; dogs of 1.17; cats of 1.00; and mice of 0.50.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thinking about Brain Size |url=http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/kinser/Int3.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509185120/http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/kinser/Int3.html |archive-date=2012-05-09 |access-date=2007-02-09}}</ref> Sperm whale, Blue whale, and [[Humpback whale]] (EQ .18) are not thought to be exceptionally unintelligent, although they have very low EQs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brain EQ (Encephalization Quotient) - Aquatic Ape Theory|url=https://www.aquaticape.org/eq.html|access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref> * The majority of [[mammals]] are born with a brain close to 90% of the adult brain weight.<ref name="Poole" /> Humans are born with 28%<ref name=Poole/> of the adult brain weight, [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzee]]s with 54%,<ref name=Poole/> [[bottlenose dolphins]] with 42.5%,<ref name="DolphinWindow" /> and [[elephants]] with 35%.<ref name="ElephantBrainSize" /> [[Spindle neuron|Spindle cells]] (neurons without extensive branching) have been discovered in the brains of the [[humpback whale]], [[fin whale]], [[sperm whale]], orca,<ref name="Whale Brain" /><ref name="Hof" /> [[bottlenose dolphin]]s, [[Risso's dolphin]]s, and [[beluga whale]]s.<ref name="Butti" /> Humans, great apes, and elephants, species all well known for their high intelligence, are the only others known to have spindle cells.<ref name="Elephant Brain" />{{rp|page=242}} Spindle neurons appear to play a central role in the development of intelligent behavior. Such a discovery may suggest a [[convergent evolution]] of these species.<ref name="Elephant Brain 2" /> ===Structure=== [[File:Comparaison cerveau.jpg|left|thumb|Brain of a [[human]] (left), compared to that of a [[black rhinoceros]] (center) and a [[common dolphin]] (right)]] [[Elephant]] brains also show a complexity similar to dolphin brains, and are also more convoluted than that of humans,<ref name="Elephant behaviour" /> and with a cortex thicker than that of cetaceans.<ref name="Roth" /> It is generally agreed that the growth of the [[neocortex]], both absolutely and relative to the rest of the brain, during human evolution, has been responsible for the evolution of human intelligence, however defined. While a complex neocortex usually indicates high intelligence, there are exceptions. For example, the [[echidna]] has a highly developed brain, yet is not widely considered very intelligent,<ref name="Abbie" /> though preliminary investigations into their intelligence suggest that echidnas are capable of more advanced cognitive tasks than were previously assumed.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Russell |first1=Fiona |last2=Burke |first2=Darren |date=January 2016 |title=Conditional same/different discrimination learningin the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossusaculeatus) |url=https://www.evolutionarycognition.org/Russell_et_al-2016-Journal_of_the_Experimental_Analysis_of_Behavior.pdf |journal=Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior |volume=105 |issue=1 |pages=133–54 |doi=10.1002/jeab.185 |pmid=26781053 |access-date=19 March 2020}}</ref> In 2014, it was shown for the first time that a species of dolphin, the [[long-finned pilot whale]], has more neocortical neurons than any mammal studied to date including humans.<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Mortensen HS, et al. |year=2014 |title=Quantitative relationships in delphinid neocortex |journal=Front Neuroanat |volume=8 |page=132 |doi=10.3389/fnana.2014.00132 |pmc=4244864 |pmid=25505387 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Unlike [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] mammals, dolphin brains contain a [[paralimbic lobe]], which may possibly be used for sensory processing. It has also been suggested that similar to humans, the paralimbic region of the brain is responsible for a dolphin's self-control, motivation, and emotions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-02 |title=An Ocean of Intelligence |url=https://saveourseasmagazine.com/an-ocean-of-intelligence/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Save Our Seas Magazine}}</ref> The dolphin is a [[Control of respiration|voluntary breather]], even during sleep, with the result that [[veterinary anaesthesia]] of dolphins would result in [[asphyxiation]].<ref name="Anesthesia" /> Ridgway reports that EEGs show alternating hemispheric asymmetry in slow waves during sleep, with occasional sleep-like waves from both hemispheres.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ridgway |first=S. H |year=2002 |title=Asymmetry and symmetry in brain waves from dolphin left and right hemispheres: some observations after anesthesia, during quiescent hanging behavior, and during visual obstruction |journal=Brain Behav. Evol. |volume=60 |issue=5 |pages=265–74 |doi=10.1159/000067192 |pmid=12476053 |s2cid=41989236}}</ref> This result has been interpreted to mean that dolphins sleep only one hemisphere of their brain at a time, possibly to control their voluntary respiration system or to be vigilant for predators. The dolphin's greater dependence on sound processing is evident in the structure of its brain: its neural area devoted to visual imaging is only about one-tenth that of the human brain, while the area devoted to acoustical imaging is about 10 times as large.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Our animal connection : what sapiens can learn from other species |others=Hehenberger, Michael,, Zhi, Xia |isbn=978-0-429-05332-0 |location=Singapore |oclc=1125007476}}</ref> Sensory experiments suggest a great degree of cross-modal integration in the processing of shapes between echolocative and visual areas of the brain. ==Brain evolution== The evolution of encephalization in cetaceans is similar to that in primates.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Boddy |first=A. M. |date=2012 |title=Comparative analysis of encephalization in mammals reveals relaxed constraints on anthropoid primate and cetacean brain scaling |journal=Journal of Evolutionary Biology |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=981–994 |doi=10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02491.x |pmid=22435703 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Though the general trend in their evolutionary history increased brain mass, body mass, and encephalization quotient, a few lineages actually underwent decephalization, although the selective pressures that caused this are still under debate.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Fox |first=Kieran C. R. |date=October 2017 |title=The social and cultural roots of whale and dolphin brains |url=http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/85227/1/Muthukrishna_Understanding%20cumulative.pdf |journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution |volume=1 |issue=11 |pages=1699–1705 |doi=10.1038/s41559-017-0336-y |pmid=29038481 |bibcode=2017NatEE...1.1699F |s2cid=3281492}}</ref> Among cetaceans, Odontoceti tend to have higher encephalization quotients than Mysticeti, which is at least partially due to the fact that Mysticeti have much larger body masses without a compensating increase in brain mass.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Montgomery |first=Stephen H. |date=2013 |title=The evolutionary history of cetacean brain and body size |url=http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1477166/1/Montgomeryetal_EVOLUTION_AcceptedVersion.pdf |journal=International Journal of Organic Evolution |volume=67 |issue=11 |pages=3339–3353 |doi=10.1111/evo.12197 |pmid=24152011 |doi-access=free |s2cid=24065421}}</ref> As far as which selective pressures drove the encephalization (or decephalization) of cetacean brains, current research espouses a few main theories. The most promising suggests that cetacean brain size and complexity increased to support complex social relations.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Xu |first=Shixia |date=Fall 2017 |title=Genetic basis of brain size evolution in cetaceans: insights from adaptive evolution of seven primary microcephaly (MCPH) genes |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=17 |issue=1 |page=206 |doi=10.1186/s12862-017-1051-7 |pmc=5576371 |pmid=28851290 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2017BMCEE..17..206X }}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> It could also have been driven by changes in diet, the emergence of echolocation, or an increase in territorial range.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> ==Problem-solving ability== Some research shows that dolphins, among other animals, understand concepts such as numerical continuity, though not necessarily counting.<ref name="APA_smarter" /> Dolphins may be able to discriminate between numbers.<ref name=APA_math/> Several researchers observing animals' ability to learn set formation tend to rank dolphins at about the level of [[elephant]]s in intelligence,<ref name="ABCScience" /> and show that dolphins do not surpass other highly intelligent animals in problem solving.<ref name="DolphinGuide" /> A 1982 survey of other studies showed that in the learning of "set formation", dolphins rank highly, but not as high as some other animals.<ref>Macphail, E. M. "Brain and Intelligence in Vertebrates". (Oxford science publications) Oxford University Press, 1982, 433 pp.</ref> ==Behavior== {{See also|Whale#Life history and behavior}} ===Pod characteristics=== [[File:Bottlenose dolphins and false killer whales.gif|thumb|300px|Interspecies pod of bottlenose dolphins and [[false killer whale]]s]] Dolphin group sizes vary quite dramatically. [[River dolphin]]s usually congregate in fairly small groups from 6 to 12 in number or, in some species, singly or in pairs. The individuals in these small groups know and recognize one another. Other species such as the oceanic [[pantropical spotted dolphin]], [[common dolphin]] and [[spinner dolphin]] travel in large groups of hundreds of individuals. It is unknown whether every member of the group is acquainted with every other. However, large packs can act as a single cohesive unit{{spaced ndash}}observations show that if an unexpected disturbance, such as a shark approach, occurs from the flank or from beneath the group, the group moves in near-unison to avoid the threat. This means that the dolphins must be aware not only of their near neighbors but also of other individuals nearby{{spaced ndash}} in a similar manner to which humans perform "[[audience wave]]s". This is achieved by sight, and possibly also echolocation. One hypothesis proposed by Jerison (1986) is that members of a pod of dolphins are able to share echolocation results with each other to create a better understanding of their surroundings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Do Dolphins Eavesdrop on the Echolocation Signals of Conspecifics? |url=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/20s5h7h9.pdf |website=eScholarship}}</ref> Southern resident orcas in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, United States, live in extended family groups. The basis of the [[Southern resident orcas#Society|southern resident orca social structure]] is the matriline, consisting of a matriarch and her descendants of all generations. A number of matrilines form a southern resident orca pod, which is ongoing and extremely stable in membership, and has its own [[Southern resident orcas#Dialect|dialect]] which is stable over time. A southern resident calf is born into the pod of their mother and remains in it for life.<ref name="FEB 24–25">{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=John K.B. |last2=Ellis |first2=Graeme M. |last3=Balcomb |first3=Kenneth C. |title=Killer Whales: the natural history and genealogy of ''Orcinus orca'' in British Columbia and Washington |date=2000 |publisher=[[UBC]] Press |location=Vancouver, BC |isbn=9780774808002 |edition=2nd |pages=24–25}}</ref> {{multiple image |align=left |perrow=1 |total_width=210 |image1=J50-orca-family h.jpg |caption1=Members of a southern resident orca family unit travelling in formation with the mother and youngest offspring in the centre |image2=A pod of spinner dolphins in the Red Sea.jpg |caption2=Pod of [[spinner dolphin]]s }} A cetacean dialect is a socially–determined vocal tradition. The complex vocal communication systems of orcas correspond with their large brains and complex social structure.<ref name="Marino 2007">{{cite journal |author1=Marino L |author2=Connor RC |author3=Fordyce RE |author4=Herman LM |author5=Hof PR |author6=Lefebvre L |title=Cetaceans Have Complex Brains for Complex Cognition |journal=[[PLoS Biol]] |date=2007 |volume=5 |issue=5 |page=e139 |doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050139 |pmid=17503965 |pmc=1868071 |display-authors=et al |doi-access=free }}</ref> The three southern resident orca pods share some calls with one another, and also have unique calls.<ref name="FEB 21">{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=John K.B. |last2=Ellis |first2=Graeme M. |last3=Balcomb |first3=Kenneth C. |title=Killer Whales: the natural history and genealogy of ''Orcinus orca'' in British Columbia and Washington |date=2000 |publisher=[[UBC]] Press |location=Vancouver, BC |isbn=9780774808002 |edition=2nd |page=21}}</ref> Discussing the function of resident orca dialects, researchers John Ford, Graeme Ellis and Ken Balcomb wrote, "It may well be that dialects are used by the whales as acoustic indicators of group identity and membership, which might serve to preserve the integrity and cohesiveness of the social unit."<ref name="FEB 21"/> Resident orcas form closed societies with no emigration or dispersal of individuals, and no gene flow with other orca populations.<ref name="CWR Research">{{cite web |title=Research |url=https://www.whaleresearch.com/orcasurvey |publisher=Center for Whale Research |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> There is evidence that other species of dolphins may also have dialects.<ref name="Welsh" /><ref name="ethogram" /> In [[bottlenose dolphin]] studies by Wells in [[Sarasota]], [[Florida]], and Smolker in [[Shark Bay]], [[Australia]], females of a community are all linked either directly or through a mutual association in an overall social structure known as ''fission-fusion''. Groups of the strongest association are known as "bands", and their composition can remain stable over years. There is some genetic evidence that band members may be related, but these bands are not necessarily limited to a single matrilineal line. There is no evidence that bands compete with each other. In the same research areas, as well as in [[Moray Firth]], [[Scotland]], males form strong associations of two to three individuals, with a coefficient of association between 70 and 100. These groups of males are known as "alliances", and members often display synchronous behaviors such as respiration, jumping, and breaching. Alliance composition is stable on the order of tens of years, and may provide a benefit for the acquisition of females for mating. The complex social strategies of marine mammals such as bottlenose dolphins, "provide interesting parallels" with the social strategies of elephants and chimpanzees.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Acevedo-Gutiérrez |first1=Alejandro |title=Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals |last2=William F. Perrin |last3=Bernd G. Würsig |last4=J. G. M. Thewissen |publisher=Academic Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-12-373553-9 |edition=2 |location=United States |pages=511–520 |chapter=Group behavior}}</ref>{{rp|page=519}} ===Complex play=== Dolphins are known to engage in complex play behavior, which includes such things as producing stable underwater [[toroid]]al air-core [[vortex]] rings or "[[bubble ring]]s".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The physics of bubble rings and other diver's exhausts |url=http://www.deepocean.net/deepocean/index.php?science09.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006163548/http://www.deepocean.net/deepocean/index.php?science09.php |archive-date=2006-10-06 |access-date=2006-10-24}}</ref> There are two main methods of bubble ring production: rapid puffing of a burst of air into the water and allowing it to rise to the surface, forming a ring; or swimming repeatedly in a circle and then stopping to inject air into the [[Helix|helical]] vortex currents thus formed. The dolphin will often then examine its creation visually and with sonar. They also appear to enjoy biting the vortex-rings they have created, so that they burst into many separate normal bubbles and then rise quickly to the surface.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bubble rings: Videos and Stills |url=http://www.bubblerings.com/bubblerings/media.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011195647/http://www.bubblerings.com/bubblerings/media.cfm |archive-date=2006-10-11 |access-date=2006-10-24}}</ref> Certain whales are also known to produce bubble rings or bubble nets for the purpose of foraging. Many dolphin species also play by riding in waves, whether natural waves near the shoreline in a method akin to human "body-surfing", or within the waves induced by the bow of a moving boat in a behavior known as ''bow riding''. ===Cross-species cooperation=== There have been instances in captivity of various species of dolphin and porpoise helping and interacting across species, including helping beached whales.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-03-12 |title=NZ dolphin rescues beached whales |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7291501.stm |access-date=2011-08-21}}</ref> Dolphins have also been known to aid [[Social behavior of dolphins|human swimmers in need]], and in at least one instance a distressed dolphin approached human divers seeking assistance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sieczkowski |first=Cavan |date=23 January 2013 |title=Divers Rescue Dolphin After It 'Asks' For Help |work=Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/dolphin-asks-divers-for-help-caught-in-fishing-line_n_2534674 |access-date=2021-01-01}}</ref> ===Creative behavior=== [[File:IndyZoo-DolphinsBlowBubbles.jpg|right|thumb|A pair of bottlenose dolphins responding to a trainer with squawking behavior]] Aside from having exhibited the ability to learn complex tricks, dolphins have also demonstrated the ability to produce creative responses. This was studied by [[Karen Pryor]] during the mid-1960s at [[Sea Life Park]] in Hawaii, and was published as ''The Creative Porpoise: Training for Novel Behavior'' in 1969. The two test subjects were two [[rough-toothed dolphin]]s (''Steno bredanensis''), named Malia (a regular show performer at Sea Life Park) and Hou (a research subject at adjacent Oceanic Institute). The experiment tested when and whether the dolphins would identify that they were being rewarded (with fish) for originality in behavior and was very successful. However, since only two dolphins were involved in the experiment, the study is difficult to generalize. Starting with the dolphin named Malia, the method of the experiment was to choose a particular behavior exhibited by her each day and reward each display of that behavior throughout the day's session. At the start of each new day Malia would present the prior day's behavior, but only when a new behavior was exhibited was a reward given. All behaviors exhibited were, at least for a time, known behaviors of dolphins. After approximately two weeks Malia apparently exhausted "normal" behaviors and began to repeat performances. This was not rewarded.<ref name="Wild" /> According to Pryor, the dolphin became almost despondent. However, at the sixteenth session without novel behavior, the researchers were presented with a flip they had never seen before. This was reinforced.<ref name="Wild" /> As related by Pryor, after the new display: "instead of offering that again she offered a tail swipe we'd never seen; we reinforced that. She began offering us all kinds of behavior that we hadn't seen in such a mad flurry that finally we could hardly choose what to throw fish at".<ref name="Wild" /> The second test subject, Hou, took thirty-three sessions to reach the same stage. On each occasion the experiment was stopped when the variability of dolphin behavior became too complex to make further positive reinforcement meaningful. The same experiment was repeated with humans, and it took the volunteers about the same length of time to figure out what was being asked of them. After an initial period of frustration or anger, the humans realised they were being rewarded for novel behavior. In dolphins this realisation produced excitement and more and more novel behaviors{{spaced ndash}}in humans it mostly just produced relief.<ref name="guardian">{{Cite news |last=de Rohan |first=Anuschka |date=3 July 2003 |title=Deep thinkers |publisher=[[Guardian Unlimited]] |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/life/feature/story/0,13026,989714,00.html |access-date=2006-10-24}}</ref> Captive orcas have displayed responses indicating they get bored with activities. For instance, when [[Paul Spong]] worked with the orca Skana, he researched her visual skills. However, after performing favorably in the 72 trials per day, Skana suddenly began consistently getting every answer wrong. Spong concluded that a few fish were not enough motivation. He began playing music, which seemed to provide Skana with much more motivation.<ref name=Colby122–127>{{cite book |last1=Colby |first1=Jason M. |title=Orca: how we came to know and love the ocean's greatest predator |year=2018 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780190673116 |pages=122–127}}</ref> At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, it has also been observed that the resident dolphins seem to show an awareness of the future. The dolphins are trained to keep their own tank clean by retrieving rubbish and bringing it to a keeper, to be rewarded with a fish. However, one dolphin, named Kelly, has apparently learned a way to get more fish, by hoarding the rubbish under a rock at the bottom of the pool and bringing it up one small piece at a time.<ref name="guardian" /> ===Use of tools=== {{Further|Tool use by animals}} {{As of|1984}}, scientists have observed wild bottlenose dolphins in [[Shark Bay]], Western Australia using a basic tool. When searching for food on the sea floor, many of these dolphins were seen tearing off pieces of [[sea sponge|sponge]] and wrapping them around their [[rostrum (anatomy)|rostra]], presumably to prevent abrasions and facilitate digging.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Smolker |first1=Rachel |last2=Richards |first2=Andrew |last3=Connor |first3=Richard |last4=Mann |first4=Janet |last5=Berggren |first5=Per |year=2010 |title=Sponge Carrying by Dolphins (Delphinidae, Tursiops sp.): A Foraging Specialization Involving Tool Use? |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71936/1/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00160.x.pdf |journal=Ethology |volume=103 |issue=6 |pages=454–465 |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00160.x |bibcode=1997Ethol.103..454S |hdl-access=free |hdl=2027.42/71936}}</ref> <!-- yes this section is incomplete, birds flock together too and yet no-one accuses them of being super-clever. It needs to go on to talk about alliances and super-alliances and flirting, dominance-subservience relationships etc.... see Griffin, 1981 --> ==Communication== {{Further|Whale vocalization|Human–animal communication}} [[File:Humpbackwhale singing.webm|thumb|left|300px|thumbtime=0:19|Audiovisual material of a [[humpback whale]] singing while diving]]Whales use a variety of sounds for [[animal communication|their communication]] and sensation.<ref>Communication and behavior of whales, R Payne. 1983. Westview Press.</ref> [[Odontocete]] (toothed whale) vocal production is classified in three categories: clicks, whistles, and pulsed calls: *Clicks are very brief vocal sounds produced in rapid series for [[Animal echolocation|echolocation]].<ref name=Souhaut>{{cite journal |author1=Souhaut M |author2=Shields MW |title=Stereotyped whistles in southern resident killer whales |journal=Aquatic Biology |date=2021 |volume=9 |pages=e12085 |publisher=[[PeerJ]]|doi=10.7717/peerj.12085 |pmid=34532160 |pmc=8404572 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Echoes of the clicks contain sound data about the surroundings transmitted through the ears to the brain, which is able to resolve echoes into information.<ref name="Nummela et al., 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Nummela |first1=Sirpa |last2=Thewissen |first2=J.G.M. |last3=Bajpai |first3=Sunil |last4=Hussain |first4=Taseer |last5=Kumar |first5=Kishor |title=Sound transmission in archaic and modern whales: Anatomical adaptations for underwater hearing |journal=[[The Anatomical Record]] |date=2007 |volume=290 |issue=6 |pages=716–733 |doi=10.1002/ar.20528|pmid=17516434 |s2cid=12140889 }}</ref> * Whistles{{spaced ndash}}narrow-band [[frequency modulation|frequency modulated (FM)]] signals{{spaced ndash}}are used for communicative purposes, such as contact calls, or the signature whistle of [[bottlenose dolphin]]s. Whistles are the primary social vocalization among the majority of [[Delphinidae]] species.<ref name=Souhaut/><ref name="Janik & Slater, 1998">{{cite journal |author1=Vincent M Janik |author2=Peter J.B Slater |title=Context-specific use suggests that bottlenose dolphin signature whistles are cohesion calls |journal=Animal Behaviour |publisher=[[Elsevier]] Ltd. |date=1998 |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=829–838 |doi=10.1006/anbe.1998.0881 |pmid=9790693 |s2cid=32367435 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347298908818 |issn=0003-3472|url-access=subscription }}</ref> <div class="no-print"> {| class="toccolours" style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left: 1em;" |- style="text-align: center;" |'''Vocalizations of Southern Alaskan Resident Orcas''' |- |{{listen |filename = Killer whale.ogg |title = Orca calls and echolocation |description = |format = [[Ogg]] |filename2 = Killer whale simple.ogg |title2 = Call of an orca |description2 = |format2 = [[Ogg]] |filename3 = Killer whale residents broadband.ogg |title3 = Orca echolocation |description3 = |format3 = [[Ogg]] }} |} </div> *Pulsed calls are significant for a few cetacean species, such as the [[narwhal]],<ref name="Marcoux 2011">{{cite thesis |last= Marcoux|first= M.|date= 2011|title= Narwhal communication and grouping behaviour: a case study in social cetacean research and monitoring |type= PhD|chapter= 1|publisher= McGill University | place= Montreal}}</ref> and the orca. These calls have distinct tonal qualities and a complex harmonic structure. Typically 0.5–1.5 s in duration, they are the primary social vocalization of orcas.<ref name="Souhaut"/> Researchers John Ford, Graeme Ellis, and Ken Balcomb wrote, "By varying the timbre and frequency structure of the calls, the whales can generate a variety of signals…Most calls contain sudden shifts or rapid sweeps in pitch, which give them distinctive qualities recognizable over distance and background noise."<ref name="Ford, Ellis & Balcomb, 2000">{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=John K.B. |last2=Ellis |first2=Graeme M. |last3=Balcomb |first3=Kenneth C. |title=Killer Whales: the natural history and genealogy of ''Orcinus orca'' in British Columbia and Washington |date=2000 |publisher=[[UBC]] Press |location=Vancouver, BC |isbn=9780774808002 |edition=2nd |page=96}}</ref> There is strong evidence that some specific whistles, called ''signature whistles'', are used by dolphins to identify and/or call each other; dolphins have been observed emitting both other specimens' signature whistles, and their own. A unique signature whistle develops quite early in a dolphin's life, and it appears to be created in imitation of the signature whistle of the dolphin's mother.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 May 2006 |title=Dolphins 'have their own names' |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4750471.stm |access-date=2006-10-24}}</ref> Imitation of the signature whistle seems to occur only among the mother and its young, and among befriended adult males.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=King |first1=S. L. |last2=Sayigh |first2=L. S. |last3=Wells |first3=R. S. |last4=Fellner |first4=W. |last5=Janik |first5=V. M. |year=2013 |title=Vocal copying of individually distinctive signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=280 |issue=1757 |page=20130053 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2013.0053 |pmc=3619487 |pmid=23427174}}</ref> Xitco reported the ability of dolphins to eavesdrop passively on the active echolocative inspection of an object by another dolphin. [[Louis Herman|Herman]] calls this effect the "acoustic flashlight" hypothesis, and may be related to findings by both Herman and Xitco on the comprehension of variations on the pointing gesture, including human pointing, dolphin postural pointing, and human gaze, in the sense of a redirection of another individual's attention, an ability which may require [[theory of mind]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}} The environment where dolphins live makes experiments much more expensive and complicated than for many other species; additionally, the fact that cetaceans can emit and hear sounds (which are believed to be their main means of communication) in a range of frequencies much wider than humans can means that sophisticated equipment, which was scarcely available in the past, is needed to record and analyse them. For example, clicks can contain significant energy in frequencies greater than 110 [[kHz]] (for comparison, it is unusual for a human to be able to hear sounds above 20 kHz), requiring that equipment have a [[sampling frequency|sampling rates]] of at least 220 kHz; [[MHz]]-capable hardware is often used. In addition to the acoustic communication channel, the [[visual perception|visual modality]] is also significant. The contrasting [[pigmentation]] of the body may be used, for example with "flashes" of the hypopigmented ventral area of some species, as can the production of bubble streams during signature whistling. Also, much of the synchronous and cooperative behaviors, as described in the [[Cetacean intelligence#Pack characteristics|Behavior]] section of this entry, as well as cooperative foraging methods, likely are managed at least partly by visual means. Experiments have shown that they can learn human sign language and can use whistles for 2-way [[Human–animal communication#Herman|human–animal communication]]. Phoenix and [[Akeakamai]], bottlenose dolphins, understood individual words and basic sentences like "touch the frisbee with your tail and then jump over it".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herman |first1=Louis M. |last2=Richards |first2=Douglas G. |last3=Wolz |first3=James P. |title=Comprehension of sentences by bottlenosed dolphins |journal=Cognition |date=1 March 1984 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=129–219 |doi=10.1016/0010-0277(84)90003-9|pmid=6540652 |s2cid=43237011 }}</ref> Phoenix learned whistles, and Akeakamai learned sign language. Both dolphins understood the significance of the ordering of tasks in a sentence. A study conducted by Jason Bruck of the [[University of Chicago]] showed that bottlenose dolphins can remember [[Animal echolocation|whistles]] of other dolphins they had lived with after 20 years of separation. Each dolphin has a unique whistle that functions like a name, allowing the marine mammals to keep close social bonds. The new research shows that dolphins have the longest memory yet known in any species other than [[humans]].<ref>Bruck, Jason N. (2013), "Decades-long social memory in bottlenose dolphins", ''Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences''. Vol. 280, article 20131726.</ref><ref name="news.nationalgeographic.com">{{Cite web |date=2013-08-06 |title=Dolphins Have Longest Memories in Animal Kingdom |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130806-dolphins-memories-animals-science-longest/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810181705/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130806-dolphins-memories-animals-science-longest |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2013 |access-date=2018-08-14 |publisher=News.nationalgeographic.com}}</ref> ==Self-awareness== [[Self-awareness]], though not well defined scientifically, is believed to be the precursor to more advanced processes like [[metacognition|meta-cognitive reasoning]] (thinking about thinking) that are typical of humans. Scientific research in this field has suggested that [[bottlenose dolphin]]s, alongside [[elephants]] and [[great apes]], possess self-awareness.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2006 |title=Elephant Self-Awareness Mirrors Humans |url=http://www.livescience.com/4272-elephant-awareness-mirrors-humans.html |publisher=[[live Science]]}}</ref> The most widely used test for self-awareness in animals is the [[mirror test]], developed by [[Gordon G. Gallup|Gordon Gallup]] in the 1970s, in which a temporary dye is placed on an animal's body, and the animal is then presented with a mirror.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-29 |title=Article in ''Scientific American'' |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kids-and-animals-who-fail-classic-mirror/ |access-date=2018-08-14 |publisher=Scientificamerican.com}}</ref> In 1995, Marten and Psarakos used television to test dolphin self-awareness.<ref>Marten, Ken and Psarakos, Suchi "Using Self-View Television to Distinguish between Self-Examination and Social Behavior in the Bottlenose Dolphin (''Tursiops truncatus'')" (''Consciousness and Cognition'', Volume 4, Number 2, June 1995)</ref> They showed dolphins real-time footage of themselves, recorded footage, and another dolphin. They concluded that their evidence suggested self-awareness rather than social behavior. While this particular study has not been repeated since then, dolphins have since passed the mirror test.<ref name="Mirror" /> However, some researchers have argued that evidence for self-awareness has not been convincingly demonstrated.<ref>Gallup Jr, Gordon G., and James R. Anderson. "Self-recognition in animals: Where do we stand 50 years later? Lessons from cleaner wrasse and other species." Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice (2019).</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Cetaceans|Oceans}} * [[Animal cognition]] * [[Animal consciousness]] * [[Morgan's Canon]] * [[John C. Lilly]]{{spaced ndash}}pioneer researcher in human–dolphin communication. * [[Louis Herman]]{{spaced ndash}}scientist in dolphin cognition and sensory abilities * [[Animal language]] * [[Vocal learning]] * [[Spindle neuron]] * [[Military dolphin]] * [[U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program]] * ''[[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish]]''{{spaced ndash}}fiction novel which derives its title from the idea of dolphins leaving the Earth. * [[Uplift Universe]]{{spaced ndash}}a series of novels, involving genetically-enhanced ("uplifted") intelligent dolphins * [[Pig intelligence]] ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs= <ref name="Abbie">{{Cite journal |last=Abbie |first=A.A. |date=30 October 1934 |title=The Brain-Stem and Cerebellum of Echidna aculeata |journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |volume=224 |issue=509 |pages=1–74 |bibcode=1934RSPTB.224....1A |doi=10.1098/rstb.1934.0015 |jstor=92257 |doi-access=}}</ref> <ref name="ABCScience">{{Cite web |last=Jennifer Viegas |year=2011 |title=Elephants smart as chimps, dolphins |url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/03/08/3158077.htm |access-date=2011-03-08 |website=ABC Science}}</ref> <ref name="Allometry">{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Jim |title=Allometry |url=http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/courses/allometry/allometry.html |access-date=2007-02-09 |archive-date=2019-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101353/http://pages.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/courses/allometry/allometry.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="Anesthesia">{{Cite book |last1=Gary West |url=http://szb.org.br/blog/conteudos/bibliografias/06-veterinaria/zoo-animal-wildlife-immobilization-and-anesthesia.pdf |title=Zoo Animal & Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia |last2=Darryl Heard |last3=Nigel Caulkett |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |year=2007 |pages=485–486 |access-date=2017-09-18}}{{Dead link|date=January 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <ref name="APA_math">{{Cite web |year=2005 |title=Marine mammals master math |url=http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep05/marine.html |access-date=2008-03-28 |website=APA online}}</ref> <ref name="APA_smarter">{{Cite web |year=2004 |title=Smarter than the average chimp |url=http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct04/smarter.html |access-date=2008-03-28 |website=APA online}}</ref> <ref name="Brain Mass">{{Cite news |last=McKie |first=Robin |date=2007-04-29 |title=Clever raven proves that it's no birdbrain |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/apr/29/theobserversuknewspages.uknews1}}</ref> <ref name="Butti">{{Cite journal |last1=Butti |first1=C |last2=Sherwood |first2=CC |last3=Hakeem |first3=AY |last4=Allman |first4=JM |last5=Hof |first5=PR |date=July 2009 |title=Total number and volume of Von Economo neurons in the cerebral cortex of cetaceans. |journal=The Journal of Comparative Neurology |volume=515 |issue=2 |pages=243–59 |doi=10.1002/cne.22055 |pmid=19412956 |s2cid=6876656}}</ref> <ref name="DolphinGuide">{{Cite web |year=1999 |title=What Makes Dolphins So Smart? |url=http://tursiops.org/dolfin/guide/smart.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514003531/http://tursiops.org/dolfin/guide/smart.html |archive-date=May 14, 2008 |access-date=2007-10-30 |website=The Ultimate Guide: Dolphins}}</ref> <ref name="DolphinWindow">{{Cite web |title=Dolphins Behaviour |url=http://dolphins.jump-gate.com/start_page/behaviour.shtml |access-date=2013-03-02 |publisher=Dolphins and Whales Window |archive-date=2015-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317025620/http://dolphins.jump-gate.com/start_page/behaviour.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="Elephant Brain">{{Cite journal |last1=Hakeem |first1=Atiya Y. |last2=Chet. 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