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Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Considered ‘Persons’
Scientists say that dolphins as a species are significantly smarter than chimpanzees, so smart that they should be classified as “non-human persons” — making it deeply unethical to keep them in...
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Navy Issues Guidance on Use of Marine Mammals
Steven Aftergood writes on Secrecy News, a publication of the Federation of American Scientists: A new U.S. Navy Instruction (pdf) updates Navy policy on the use of marine mammals for national security...
View Article‘The Cove’ Sent To Every Household In Japanese Fishing Village
MNN reports: This time last year, producers of the “The Cove” were riding high after winning Best Documentary at the 2010 Academy Awards. Directed by Louie Psihoyos and produced by Fisher Stevens and...
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Translation Machine To Make Human-Dolphin Conversations Possible
What secrets of the sea have dolphins been waiting to tell us? We may soon find out (hopefully not just tuna jokes). New Scientist reports: A diver carrying a computer that tries to recognize dolphin...
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Military’s Best Secret Weapon: Dolphins
Assassinating enemy divers with CO2-filled syringes? Parachuting from the sky and blowing up enemy ships kamikaze-style? Acoustically detecting a 3-inch ball 200 meters away in complete darkness? All...
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Dolphins May Teach Humans How To Heal
Photo: Mark Interrante (CC) Maureen Langlois reports on the amazing healing powers of dolphins, for NPR: Dr. Michael Zasloff, a surgeon and researcher at Georgetown University, is famous for...
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Dolphins Address One Another By Name
Their names, however, are whistle patterns. New Scientist reports: Stephanie King of the University of St Andrews, UK, and colleagues monitored 179 pairs of wild bottlenose dolphins off the Florida...
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Mass Dolphin Deaths In Peru A Mystery
Earth’s most intelligent species is dying off in droves. Report from the International Business Times: Around 877 carcasses of dolphins and porpoises were found on Peruvian beaches in two and half...
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Now You Can Be Aquaman: “Dolphin Speaker” Produces Full Range of Dolphin Sounds
I wonder if the military will discover any conscientiousness objectors using this technology with the dolphins they have been training. While it is public knowledge they are used to rescue naval...
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Ukraine Trains Dolphins With Friggin’ Pistols on Their Heads
Picture: tolomea/Flickr (CC)Another nightmarish future has opened up with this latest aquatic advancement… Via Robert Beckhusen via WIRED’s Danger Room Blog: Killer dolphins with knives and pistols...
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Wild Dolphins Give Treasured Gifts To Humans
A peace offering from our aquatic brethren? Discovery reports: On 23 occasions over the past several years, wild dolphins were observed giving gifts to humans at the Tangalooma Island Resort in...
View ArticleKiller Secret-Agent Dolphins Go AWOL in Ukraine
UPDATE: It’s a hoax! Read all about it here. – ed. Sasha Goldstein reports for the NY Daily News: They’re trained to kill — but these dolphins can’t resist their animal instincts. Three of five...
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India To Recognize Dolphins As “Non-Human Persons”
Are we moving beyond the human/animal binary? Via Environment News Service: India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to forbid the keeping of captive dolphins for public entertainment...
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Pregnant Couple Prepares For ‘Dolphin-Assisted’ Birth
Is amongst dolphins the best way for an infant to emerge into the world? I can see this going horribly wrong. Via Fox News: A pregnant woman and her husband have traveled to Hawaii where they plan on...
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Do Dolphins And Humans Share A Special Bond?
Are the dolphins trying to tell us something, if we would only listen? Via Aeon Magazine, Justin Gregg ponders: The science makes one fact undeniably clear: wild dolphins of some species are noted for...
View ArticleA Plan To Have Humans Give Birth To Dolphins And Then Eat Them
Is this what will give your life meaning? In his project I Wanna Deliver A Dolphin, designer Ai Hasegawa envisions solving food shortages, the endangered species crisis, and our urge to reproduce by...
View ArticleDolphins May Use Pufferfish To Get High
It’s probably not true, but some think that footage from a new documentary captures a pod of dolphins using pufferfish venom to get high. The BBC will be airing a cool new underwater documentary on...
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Dolphin Translator Relays First Word
Can we handle what dolphins have to tell us? CNET News reports: Scientists at the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP) who have been developing a dolphin translator may have succeeded in getting their software...
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Researcher Recalls ‘Sensual’ Relationship With Dolphin, And Yes, It’s Exactly...
“He really seems to like you, sir. I mean,he really, really likes you.”PIC: USN (PD) Sensual is one way to put it. Giving a handjob to a dolphin is another. Be sure to click through and read the rest...
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A Chat with Malcolm Brenner, Man Famous for Having Sex with a Dolphin
A few years back we published the anthology Everything You Know About Sex Is Wrong. One of the more challenging contributions was an interview with Clive Grace, an admitted zoophile. However, Grace’s...
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