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whales have big brains. could they be trying to tell us something?

another fine example of one of my possibly delusional conceptual ideas put into practice.

whales have huge brains. many times the size of a human's. could they be smarter than us? how could we tell?

if, then, whales were as smart or smarter than humans, could the reason they beach themselves be because of emotional behaviour due to, perhaps, the art/practice of fishing for whales?

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  • jesse robb

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    Aug 11 2012: if whales were so intelligent they would be able to outsmart the illegal japanese poachers and Bob Barker's Sea Shepard would not have to work so hard
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      Aug 11 2012: that's what i thought at first.

      then i thought if they were intelligent and were being caught, then they were simply allowing themselves to be caught, perhaps due to a reasoning of expecting the best care from humans.

      when they miss their parents/spouse/offspring, they could become suicidal.

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