We always knew whales and dolphins showed intelligence, but new research is revealing that they're more like us than you might have suspected! read more
Trainers who have worked with both killer whales and bottlenose dolphins invariably feel that orca are the more intelligent. No true whale has ever been held in captivity. Final Notes and Summary. There is much anecdotal evidence for whale intelligence but, by its very nature, this is almost impossible to use in a comparisons. read more
Though this “advanced ability” is most often associated with organisms that are deemed to be the most intelligent, (*cough* humans *cough*) the truth is that spindle neurons have been isolated in the brains of both whales and dolphins, which suggests that whales do a lot more thinking than previously thought. read more
Category: Dolphin News 13th July 2011 273 4 “Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. read more