Friday, January 25, 2013

Dolphins Form Life Raft To Help Dying Friend

The simple act of working together could also bond the group more strongly. It makes a lot of sense in a highly intelligent and social animal for there to be support of an injured animal," McComb says.
The act of helping also seems to suggest that the dolphins understand when others are suffering, and can even empathise: that is, imagine themselves in the place of the suffering dolphin. But while this is possible, McComb says the helping behaviour could evolve without the need for empathy.


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