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Dolphins Actually Dumber Than Goldfish according to Study

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lol .. the only significant reason given in the article in favor of goldfish intellect is ..

?Goldfish can solve problems that dolphins can't,? Manger told the Globe and Mail. ?When a goldfish jumps out of its bowl, it's thinking past its immediate environment."

there we have it. a goldfish who jumps out of its bowl to death is smarter than a dolphin.
 
Blackend Dolphin ontop of alfrado noodles and sauce with mushrooms, peas, and peppers FTW

Never owned a pet Dolphin before but we own 4 goldfish and they come to the front of the glass and watch you when you watch them and anytime you open the lid to feed them no matter what time they come to the top waiting for the food to be dropped. Very smart fish and in no way shows what I was told that they dont remember 10 seconds ago.
 
doesn't seem credible.

there are plenty of smart animals. they each may fail a different aspects of intelligence, but that doesn't make them dumb as a goldfish. thats simplistic.
 
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Originally posted by: 0

?Goldfish can solve problems that dolphins can't,? Manger told the Globe and Mail. ?When a goldfish jumps out of its bowl, it's thinking past its immediate environment. Dolphins don't have the cognitive leap. Dolphins can do some things, but they have to be trained to do them. That's more of a reflection of low-intelligence.?
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I would have to disagree, a dolphin realises that it would die if it attempted to jump out of a pool it is in and therefore does not attempt it. A goldfish on the other hand has no such sense of space and jumps out of it's bowl and suffocates.
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Indeed.

One of the many bullsh1t points in the article...

A classical sign of intelligence is a complex social hierarchy & behaviour...

I've kept many fish, and they're all extremely functional, but almost totally devoid of intelligence, they don't really learn, other than extremely basic feeding routines...
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My baby cousin put her goldfish in a cup and it jumped out of it.. it's because it couldn't breathe.
 
Originally posted by: Kenazo
They said up until Flipper came out in the 1960's Dolphins were clumped together with fish in the mind of Americans.

So, I don't agree that they are as unintelligent as fish, but I suspect we've been giving them more credit than they are due.
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Actually, that's human stupidity, not lack of dolphin intelligence.
 
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