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Behavioral biology

Curiouser and curiouser!

Researchers Find Hints of Dolphin Culture, Social Network Tendencies

Does anyone else ever get the feeling that dolphins just have the best of it? Aside from us destroying their environment (which is kind of a bummer), dolphins just seem kind of like what humans might be like if we just let everything go and relaxed. They’re already similar to us in some pretty striking ways; they even have genes that are homologous with humans. Now, new research is suggesting that dolphins may also form what we humans call “cliques,” and all based on what kind of functional fashion their fellow dolphins are wearing.

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