Apparently elephants touch a white cross on their forehead with their trucks which they see when looking in a mirror but surely dolphins can't touch their own foreheads so what is the equivalent test they use for dolphins to show they are self aware?
2006-11-23 04:30:01 · 3 answers · asked by xhosa9congo 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Same thing with dolphins. They drew a colored mark on the side of the dolphin and measured how stressed they were, as well as how they reacted. If they didn't think it was on them, they would ignore it or try to touch the mirror. Since they knew it was them, they would contort themselves to see it better and see it from different angles. Same way you would inspect something in a mirror.
2006-11-23 05:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am no scientist but I was saved by a dolphin once and I know that she looked at me to make sure I was breathing. I am a pro surfer. I was practicing on a rough day alone (big no no) and I got hit in the head. I came to with a dolphin holding my head out of water and watching me.
2006-11-23 04:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by Isis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try not to confuse dolphins holding you up in the water with being self aware and alturisitc. That is what they do instictually, not because they are just such good animals who want to help humans.
2006-11-23 11:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by cero143_326 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋