Are dolphins really smarter than people?

We always knew whales and dolphins showed intelligence, but new research is revealing that they're more like us than you might have suspected! ... Having to play forced games in marine parks, every hour on the hour, for the amusement of humans, can really take the fun out of the whole thing. read more

No, Dolphins are not smarter than humans. It's just an urban myth that is propagated by modern pop culture (most noticeably through TV series like the Simpsons; see video below). read more

Dolphins aren’t equipped with the kinds of limbs necessary for creating tools, buildings, and machines like humans are. Perhaps their very physical makeup makes them more disposed towards communicating with each other in elaborate ways (some scientists have surmised that dolphin “speech” may consist of as many as 60,000 “words”, or more). read more

In certain ways, dolphin intelligence surpasses that of people. The brains of certain dolphin species, such as the bottlenose, are larger than human brains. Keep in mind that dolphins are not domestic animals, although individuals have been domesticated. read more