SARASOTA, Fla. - Back in 1902, a scientist examining the smooth, grapefruit-size brain of a manatee remarked that the organ's unwrinkled surface resembled that of the brain of an idiot.
Ever since then, manatees have generally been considered incapable of doing anything more complicated than chewing sea grass.
But Hugh, a manatee in a tank at a Florida marine laboratory, doesn't seem like a dimwit. When a buzzer sounds, the speed bump-shaped mammal slowly flips his 1,300 pounds and aims a whiskered snout toward one of eight loudspeakers lowered into the water. Nosing the correct speaker earns him treats.
Hugh is no manatee prodigy. Such sensory experiments, along with other recent studies, are revealing that sea cows aren't so stupid after all.
Now does any one else believe that manatees are gonna take over the world?
2006-11-20 08:47:05 · 13 answers · asked by manatee_love 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
well my mum is a cow so maybe they are already starting?
2006-11-20 08:50:29 · answer #1 · answered by burn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I think you proved your point that they are not stupid. At the end when you put that if I think if a manatee is going to take over the world I think you should change that and put
Now do you really think sea cows are that idiotic?
2006-11-20 08:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by babycrystal12195 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen how many people said that was too long to read? If that's the average the human response then yes of course, you know the answer, mantees are going to take over the world! LOL
2006-11-20 08:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by mel_b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, humans are the pointy tip of the food chain, we could make manatees extinct if we wanted to, plus, manatees aren't very ambitious.
2006-11-20 08:51:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you ever been told that you have a smooth brain? manatees take over the world????
2006-11-20 08:49:11 · answer #5 · answered by leafy_c2i2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2006-11-20 08:51:41 · answer #6 · answered by Chris and Shahana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that they'll take over the world, but I've never doubted the fact that they were intelligent.
2006-11-20 08:50:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must have a smoother brain than I thought.
2006-11-20 08:52:08 · answer #8 · answered by Mary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have already taken over mine
2006-11-20 08:50:40 · answer #9 · answered by Tosha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol... I doubt they'll take over the world... cockroaches have that title!
2006-11-20 08:50:18 · answer #10 · answered by misery 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋