You Missed A Spot...

I read a story recently about dolphins being spotted using sponges as they forage, to protect their cute lil noses. They teach one another this behavior, it appears...



Though it seems possible that the dolphins might have seen a human diver use a sponge for protection, and copied the human.

I'm not trying to steal the dolphin's thunder - it's likely they taught themselves. I'd be impressed if they saw a human doing something and copied him and taught their friends.

Either way, it's pretty cool. Someday we'll learn to really talk with them, and discover what assholes we've been for the last 100,000 years or so. What revelations will be revealed?

"Oh yeah, and Dogs, boy do they hate you guys. They just can't do without belly rubs."

But I have to wonder, now that we know dolphins can use sponges as tools... If at SeaWorlds all over the country, dolphins are now tossed a sponge and told to clean their own tank.