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BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)

5. Me too!

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 02:05 PM

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Dolphins form life raft to help dying friend [View all] n2doc Jan 2013 OP

Awww .. polly7 Jan 2013 #1

I find it troubling 2naSalit Jan 2013 #2

+100 nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #4

Me too! BrotherIvan Jan 2013 #5

+100. Skip Intro Jan 2013 #6

+1 robinlynne Jan 2013 #7

+ 100 DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #8

We share our home with two conures nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #9

My Chihuahua and my Cocker miss each other on days the Cocker Fawke Em Jan 2013 #14

another +100 Duppers Jan 2013 #11

so with you on this. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #23

Spot on LittleBlue Jan 2013 #25

I agree and I see two examples of this in the article itself. yardwork Jan 2013 #36

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jan 2013 #3

They are a little too human, watching how the bottlenose for example treat other dolphins Exultant Democracy Jan 2013 #10

Have you seen the special Decoding Neanderthals? ohheckyeah Jan 2013 #15

I assume their women were treated at best like the Irish women stolen by the Norwegian men Exultant Democracy Jan 2013 #16

I don't doubt that you are correct. ohheckyeah Jan 2013 #18

Obviously not Republicans... JoeBlowToo Jan 2013 #12

I'm pretty sure dolphins can empathise with the pain of their kin FarrenH Jan 2013 #13

Perhaps these dolphins were doing this because there glowing Jan 2013 #17

I agree with your speculation about the behavior 2naSalit Jan 2013 #22

What a beautiful post and subthread. woo me with science Jan 2013 #26

Indeed. That's how I see it. But the 2naSalit Jan 2013 #31

I recently learned a new word: Anthropodenial Jamastiene Jan 2013 #19

I didn't like that sentence either. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #24

+10.000 smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #20

Mammals have much the same basic emotional brain circuitry. gulliver Jan 2013 #21

Thanks gulliver FarrenH Jan 2013 #27

I fucking hate Japanese people killing dolphins Trascoli Jan 2013 #28

What difference does their nationality make? NoOneMan Jan 2013 #30

probably a reference to the big dolphin slaughters in Japan, which they've try to hide... bettyellen Jan 2013 #32

When you go to the grocery... NoOneMan Jan 2013 #33

whoa, how do you deal with the guilt? bettyellen Jan 2013 #34

Most people do not NoOneMan Jan 2013 #35

ahh, so no guilt for anyone. cool. bettyellen Jan 2013 #37

You're allowed to feel anything you want NoOneMan Jan 2013 #38

Good Grief We're An Arrogant Species dballance Jan 2013 #29