Are Dolphins Self Aware
Only a few other species like chimpanzees have been shown to exhibit this type of self-awareness. Since dolphins develop earlier than humans in those areas the researchers predicted that dolphins should show self-awareness earlier. Ocean Animals And The Mirror Self Recognition Test Ocean Of Hope We did this with. Are dolphins self aware . This is a 2002 episode of Noorderlicht a scientific documentary series of the Dutch television association VPRO. The extent of dolphin self-awareness remains to be explored. Dolphins are big-brained socially sophisticated mammals socially and cognitively comparable to monkeys and apes in memory capacity language comprehension and other. It is based on years of research that has shown dolphins and whales have large complex brains and a human-like level of self-awareness. The scientific community used to assume that having a sense of self is an attribute only found in humans and other great apes but studies increasingly suggest that dolphin