Dolphin Writing Project William Canty
Dolphin Writing Project by Liam Canty Over the past 37 million years, dolphin intelligence and socialization skills have evolved to the point where scientists are trying to decipher their language so we can work with them for military purposes and fishing. There are a total of forty-two types of dolphins, including River dolphins. In all of those types, some dolphins have between eight and two-hundred and fifty teeth. One type of dolphin, the bottlenose dolphin have seventy-two to one-hundred and four and this amount of teeth is all the teeth they will have. Some of the main types of dolphins are: Orca (Orcinus orca) which measures up to 32 feet in length, Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops) which measures 2-4 m (6-12 ft.) and the River Dolphin
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Dolphins are fascinating creatures, and known as mammals of the sea because of their ability to breathe air and they are warm-blooded and the fact about how they are extremely intelligent.
As we discuss the intelligence of dolphins, it is important to note they have been around for more than 50 million years and around 35 million years their intelligence advanced to the use of echolocation and social behavior as well as letting them think metaphorically.
Dolphin intelligence allows them to think metaphorically. The brain size of dolphins is on average, about the same size as ours. But dolphins are much bigger than humans—so our brains are actually larger, according to the size of our bodies, than dolphins’ brains are! An appropriate IQ test to measure dolphin intelligence does not exist. It is impossible to fully figure out this animal's level of intelligence in this manner. But another way which has been suggested to measure intelligence is by determining the measure of relative brain size defined as the ratio between actual brain mass and predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size. This is called the "encephalization quotient", or EQ. This measurement suggests
Dolphins are fascinating creatures, and known as mammals of the sea because of their ability to breathe air and they are warm-blooded and the fact about how they are extremely intelligent.
As we discuss the intelligence of dolphins, it is important to note they have been around for more than 50 million years and around 35 million years their intelligence advanced to the use of echolocation and social behavior as well as letting them think metaphorically.
Dolphin intelligence allows them to think metaphorically. The brain size of dolphins is on average, about the same size as ours. But dolphins are much bigger than humans—so our brains are actually larger, according to the size of our bodies, than dolphins’ brains are! An appropriate IQ test to measure dolphin intelligence does not exist. It is impossible to fully figure out this animal's level of intelligence in this manner. But another way which has been suggested to measure intelligence is by determining the measure of relative brain size defined as the ratio between actual brain mass and predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size. This is called the "encephalization quotient", or EQ. This measurement suggests