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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:51 AM Original message |
Video of sperm whale checking out an oil rig at 1000 ft |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. How do we know they are smarter than dolphins? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Good question. Thanks. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I thought it was the brain to body mass ratio that typically determined intelligence. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. To a degree. Large brains need large bodies. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. But there is a factor in the other direction |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Some papers that you might enjoy |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Both interesting. Thanks. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Thank you as well. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. It will probably be dead soon. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Get that stanky sh*t out of here." |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. They are truly magnificent... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Fucking A. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It's not THE rig. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Aiding us"? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Dolphins "aid" the Navy, no? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. And many people say there are no stupid questions... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. So you don't have an answer either. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I have neither answers nor stupid questions. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Looks like you're lacking in a lot of departments. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. the whale said "whoever smelt it, dealt it!" |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. Oh hai. Im in ur rig checkin ur pipes. n/t |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. He didn't bother to sign the guest book - I love these whales |
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HALO141 (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. "I wonder what we will do to Mars and other planets once we arrive?" |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oops. That's 3000 feet. Roughly 1000 meters. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. According to every article I've seen, Dolphins are second only to humans |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That's an improvement, actually. And still unconclusive. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. Awesome |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. Cool! |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. On another note.... |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
30. ha--you can see the camera operator saying "wtf?" "WTF???" -nt |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Would be an interesting OP, if you didn't throw in that goofy thing about Mars at the end. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Thanks. It was a reference to the oil "spill". |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I understand. But the potshot at space exploration seemed ill-placed. |
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