If humans are any indicator, they might also be doing things because they think it’s an advantage but actually does nothing.
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peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 months agoIIRC Orcas are one of the species that does shit that appears to have no biological advantage. Other species of dolphins do too.
Dolphins as a whole have some really creative behaviors, especially in social circles. And it appears that they do these things “for the hell of it.”
LwL@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pringles@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Dolphins will get high on poisonous fish and pass those around like a blunt.
nickiam2@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Well I didn’t believe it but scienceadvance.com/dolphins-may-be-using-toxic-pu…
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
We must give the dolphins edibles.
shneancy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
they were already giving dolphins LSD, masturbating them and trying to make them speak English, i think we should just let them have their pufferfish
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
See, i feel like dolphins typically enjoy drugs.
I don’t trust the masturbation was ethical, but they’re horny and aware enough it could be in the future.
English was fucked up. But we should translate their language.