Dolphins teach each other to do circus

The expert group of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Association witnessed a dolphin teaching others in the tail movement skills on the water.

A group of dolphins on the water surface can live in Port, a tributary that enters the port of Adelaide, Australia. According to experts from the Conservation Association, the unprecedented phenomenon of dolphin teaching in the same way. They argue that this behavior can become a "cultural form" in the group.

A female dolphin is performing on the Port River, Port of Adelaide, Australia.Photo: BBC

Mike Bossley, a member of the expert team, said that in the 1980s, Billie, one of the children in the herd, was seriously ill and fell into malnutrition after being trapped in one. Adelaide port sewer. He was taken to a dolphin farm to recover his health.

Here, the animal has not been trained in any skill, but he has seen many other children performing tricks on the water.

But now many of the children in Billie's group have a habit of demonstrating that skill every day. This behavior is very rare in nature and experts believe that dolphins have learned to tail with Billie.

"The phenomenon of dolphin learning from each other is not uncommon. It is worth mentioning that they represent the elements that we call cultural behavior. Each group of animals has specific characteristics, such as The language or dance activity It seems that the dolphins living on the Port River have a tail-moving culture on the water, " said Dr. Bossley.

The phenomenon of learning ideas and skills among individuals in a herd has been recorded in primates. White dolphins on the west coast of Australia also know how to teach young children how to use sea lethal to find food.