🚀 go-pugleaf

I crosspost this for relevance in the whale discussion (was on sci.space):

amon@elegabalus.cs.qub.ac.uk writes:

>The social structure of dolphins is among the most complex on Earth,  
>right up there with Homo Sapiens and Pan.

>Dolphins form small cooperative groups that will sometimes form  
>coalitions with other cooperative groups. What is interesting is that  
>they may be the only other species that understands the double-cross  
>in the Machiavellian sense.

>They will work with a group until it becomes in their interest to  
>work with yet another group against the first group.

>This is often used by groups of males to kidnap (forcefully) and rape  
>female porpoises, and by female groups to attempt to prevent same.

>So much for the peaceful, lovable porpoises... But they definitely  
>are far, far up the scale of social evolution.

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