Bottlenose dolphins: 'Gangs' run society, scientists say

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17522450

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Male bottlenose dolphins organize gang-like alliances - guarding females against other groups and occasionally "changing sides".
A team studying dolphins in Shark Bay, western Australia, say the animals roam hundreds of square kilometers, often encountering other dolphin groups.
The researchers observed the dolphins there over a five-year period, recording their movements.
They report their findings in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B

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Bonded male dolphins mimic each other's behavior

Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Who'd thunk it? The next thing one knows we'll be reading of the dolphins getting their gang tattoos, or something analogous. And also bling, and sneakers.

GSlob wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17522450

Quote :

Male bottlenose dolphins organize gang-like alliances - guarding females against other groups and occasionally "changing sides".
A team studying dolphins in Shark Bay, western Australia, say the animals roam hundreds of square kilometers, often encountering other dolphin groups.
The researchers observed the dolphins there over a five-year period, recording their movements.
They report their findings in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B

and,

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Bonded male dolphins mimic each other's behavior

Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Who'd thunk it? The next thing one knows we'll be reading of the dolphins getting their gang tattoos, or something analogous. And also bling, and sneakers.

They can get the sneakers through trade arrangements with alligators.

The proper word would be band or tribe not gang.

Gideon wrote:

The proper word would be band or tribe not gang.

Or "pack".

I think that they were trying to anthropomorphize the dolphins by calling it a gang and pack might make them seem less human as well....However in my opinion calling them a gang makes them seem less human as well.

So... if they had rumbles with the sharks... would that make them the jets?

El Goodo wrote:

Gideon wrote:

The proper word would be band or tribe not gang.

Or "pack".

Or podners.