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Findings Suggest Dolphin Networks Are Unusually Open
By Angela Messina, March 28, 2012 @ 09:00 PM (EST)
Source: NewScientist
Source: NewScientist
Richard Connor, of UMass at Dartmouth, tracked 120 bottlenose dolphins in Australia in order to study their grouping patterns. He found that male dolphins form large networks composed of small groups linked together.
Connor found no evidence suggesting that these networks are formed in order to gain control of territory or sexual partners, two common reasons for such networks to exist in the animal kingdom. Both humans and elephants also have similar open societies.
One possible theory suggests that the ability to use a small amount of energy to travel long distances contributes to this open societal structure.
Read more in the NewScientist article.
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