Scientists Declare Dolphins To Be "Non-Human Persons", Still Delicious With Tuna and Mayo - Polidicks

If this study is correct, thank god it's a marine animal. I really would hate to live through large-scale terrain wars with a different species.

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;20423469]You'd be dead if that happened.[/QUOTE] True... dolphin ejaculate with the force of a shotgun.

[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;20424704]Can you please shut up? Some of us are trying to have a debate here.[/QUOTE] What do you know, you're just a dolphin.

[QUOTE=TH89;20424756]What do you know, you're just a dolphin.[/QUOTE] That's racist (maybe)!

[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;20424704]Can you please shut up? Some of us are trying to have a debate here.[/QUOTE] Hey dolphin quit being such a blowhard. [editline]10:00PM[/editline] Get it, blowhard, blowhole. Dolphins are shitheads.

Banned for flaming

So do female dolphins have 4 holes? Noice.

[QUOTE=iamgnome;20400004]I remember that guide on how to have sex with dolphins, if that's anything to go by then yes. ah here we go; [url]http://www.sexwork.com/family/dolphins1.html[/url][/QUOTE] What the fuck. I skimmed over that, and that guy has had sex with multiple dolphins. What the fuck.

[QUOTE=TH89;20426106]Banned for flaming[/QUOTE] dude I am so sick of dolphins. They're just fish with lungs. And I can't tell any of them apart. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - TH89))[/highlight]

Anyway to those who are interested in the intelligence of dolphins, you might find a video like this interesting. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0p4kDYY_tY[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CP8qdnmqHQ[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW1WUPF5ros[/media]

[QUOTE=OvB;20424710]True... dolphin ejaculate with the force of a shotgun.[/QUOTE] You would know this because

[QUOTE=InternetExplore;20428332]You would know this because[/QUOTE] :smug:

[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;20428290]Anyway to those who are interested in the intelligence of dolphins, you might find a video like this interesting. [/QUOTE] That's incredible. [editline]12:04AM[/editline] [QUOTE=InternetExplore;20428332]You would know this because[/QUOTE] You learn a lot of things studying Marine Biology.

I've heard dolphins have 67% of a human's mental capacity, that's in a raw sense, though; interpretations of intellegence between species would be different. Obviously humans apply their intellegence much more effiecintly due to having apposable thumbs, and not having fins. I, personally think we should join our Japanese bretherine and take out those Dolphins before they take us out, better them than us.

[QUOTE=InternetExplore;20428332][QUOTE=OvB;20424710]True... dolphin ejaculate with the force of a shotgun.[/quote]You would know this because[/QUOTE] Even if the force is powerful enough I would hardly say that an unfortunately aimed ejeculation would harm you, let alone kill you. [editline]07:14[/editline] As OvB also mentioned below me.

[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;20428536]Even if the force is powerful enough I would hardly say that an unfortunately aimed ejeculation would harm you, let alone kill you.[/QUOTE] Well if you were engaging in sexual intercourse with one, The forceful ejaculation could cause harmful and potentially fatal injuries. Now if you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time and got stuck in the crossfire, you would not be injured, just messy.

[QUOTE=Lankist;20427004]dude I am so sick of dolphins. They're just fish with lungs. And I can't tell any of them apart. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - TH89))[/highlight][/QUOTE] I wish that ban was real. Finish that damn musical.

[QUOTE=GreenDolphin;20428290]Anyway to those who are interested in the intelligence of dolphins, you might find a video like this interesting. [/QUOTE] Wow, that last video where the dolphins tell the fishermen when to throw the nets is frickin' amazing.

Y'know, dolphins are indeed intelligent an' all, but they kinda live in relative paradise, which kinda means that they're pretty much top dog, devoid of major concerns or hardships. But with global warming and all that, things'll probably change, and it'll be survival of the fittest again, with lower food levels and higher threats in the waters (less fish and more sharks). If the threat was large enough, but not large enough to wipe them out, then they'd probably be pressured for evolution. Humankind followed a similar path in it's own past. Climate change forced us down from the trees and onto the plains, where we had to contend with predators and the like, as well as seeking out food sources. Perhaps, if climate change keeps up, and the ocean habitat is changed significantly, it probably might cause natural selection in dolphins to promote the survival of the fittest, whilst simultaneously causing this beautiful species to lose it's innocence, just as we did. Although, if dolphins were to become more like us, and closer to a humanoid species, maybe they should be given a push in the right direction? This may sound a shitload like sci-fi, but if you could genetically-engineer dolphins to have human-like arms and hands, which they could pick stuff up with, then that'd probably help them to do the things we can, like being able to craft and hold things easily. It'd be strange in the least, but it'd aid them nonetheless. In other words, if they are to become like us, they need to follow the arduous path of our ancestors, and maybe we could kickstart their journey with a little "divine intervention".

So we'd have to share our planet with a supposedly cultural aquatic race that sort of talk. [img]http://openbytes.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/jar-jar-binks2.jpg[/img] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

this is what people who love dolphins are like: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHMsK_I1eJo&feature=channel[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq8vbCAoJ4k&feature=channel[/media] Fuck them they're fish.

[QUOTE=ironman17;20429843]Y'know, dolphins are indeed intelligent an' all, but they kinda live in relative paradise, which kinda means that they're pretty much top dog, devoid of major concerns or hardships. But with global warming and all that, things'll probably change, and it'll be survival of the fittest again, with lower food levels and higher threats in the waters (less fish and more sharks). If the threat was large enough, but not large enough to wipe them out, then they'd probably be pressured for evolution. Humankind followed a similar path in it's own past. Climate change forced us down from the trees and onto the plains, where we had to contend with predators and the like, as well as seeking out food sources. [/QUOTE] There's a big difference, though--natural climate change happens very slowly, over timelines that allow species to evolve in response. Current climate change is much too fast for species to adapt, which is why it's considered so dangerous to the Earth's ecology. It'd more likely be along the lines of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_drift]genetic drift[/url]--dolphin populations would be [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck]bottlenecked[/url] (npi), probably along geographic lines where temperatures allow food sources to thrive longer.

[QUOTE=TH89;20433430]There's a big difference, though--natural climate change happens very slowly, over timelines that allow species to evolve in response. Current climate change is much too fast for species to adapt, which is why it's considered so dangerous to the Earth's ecology. It'd more likely be along the lines of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_drift"]genetic drift[/URL]--dolphin populations would be [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck"]bottlenecked[/URL] (npi), probably along geographic lines where temperatures allow food sources to thrive longer.[/QUOTE] True. And what is even scarier is this. Imagine the food chain you learned in second grade. What at the bottom of the food chain? Grass. Imagine if all of the grass on the planet died. Imagine the food chain without grass. Now, these things are the grass of the sea: [IMG]http://www.astrographics.com/GalleryPrints/Display/GP2131.jpg[/IMG] They are called diatoms. If we keep fucking with the ocean (which is raising in PH levels caused by the carbon we're putting into the air), these little guys could all die out. Imagine the ocean without the diatoms (which is the base of the food chain). Now, consider this: [B]Diatoms and other phytoplankton produce half the worlds oxygen.[/B]

Screw climate change. Dolphins are still a delicious part of our diet. Them proteins.

Ethical quagmire, eh? [img]http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Quagmire-family-guy-684486_1024_768.gif[/img] Well well.

[QUOTE=cephalopoid;20434959]True. And what is even scarier is this. Imagine the food chain you learned in second grade. What at the bottom of the food chain? Grass. Imagine if all of the grass on the planet died. Imagine the food chain without grass. Now, these things are the grass of the sea: [IMG]http://www.astrographics.com/GalleryPrints/Display/GP2131.jpg[/IMG] They are called diatoms. If we keep fucking with the ocean (which is raising in PH levels caused by the carbon we're putting into the air), these little guys could all die out. Imagine the ocean without the diatoms (which is the base of the food chain). Now, consider this: [B]Diatoms and other phytoplankton produce half the worlds oxygen.[/B][/QUOTE] Diatoms are produced mainly from Ammonia, which is produced from die offs. It's like when setting up a saltwater tank for the first time. The biological lifeforms on the rock that you put in the tank die within the first week or so and you get a massive spike in diatoms. The shit covers everything. You then have to buy snails and crabs commonly referred to as a cleanup crew to eat it all.

[QUOTE=BAZ;20399977]The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish.[/QUOTE] :love:

Dolphins always save humans that are in trouble in the sea. They also gangbang sharks. GREAT WHITE SHARKS. That takes MAJOR guts. For an intelligent being.

I love dolphins why does everyone pick on them?

This could prove interesting, very interesting. If what the article says is true, and Dolphins are indeed that intelligent, a few years down the road, hell even in my life time Earth may have 2 official sapient species.