Re: nobody here but us wildlife

Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Wed, 11 Jun 1997 00:15:40 +0200 (MET DST)


On Tue, 10 Jun 1997 CALYK@aol.com wrote:

> Actually, dolphins are the smartest, for they have the highest brain to body
> ratio.

That sounds like a redefinition of the term "smart" to me. Both sonar
processing is highly nontrivial, and I think somebody (Dawkins?) has once
mentioned their cortex being of a more ancient, primitive makeup than even
ours is. Besides, we are threatening them beasties, not them us, and them
Stoics seem not to do much about it. "... and thanks for all the fish"?
Sorry, no evidence so far.

ciao,
'gene