Understanding Dolphins
AN APPROARCH TO DOLPHIN COGNITION
Jenna Costa Deedy | Cognitive Psychology PSY304 | 11/28/2016
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What is it
that draws people to
dolphins? Is it their
natural looking
smile? Their athletic
abilities? Their
Penchant for
keeping people
company and
rescuing them out at
sea? Whatever the
reason might be, this
is not the first
generation of people
to have studied the
world of dolphins
after first being smitten by dolphins long ago (Benyus). Many ancient cultures revered
these aquatic mammals for their intelligence and having abilities to bring gifts and
messages to their gods. Even today, many people believe that dolphins possess intelligence
that may be either equal or even surpass that of humans and other mammals like
