Dolphins Who Play Politics
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Male bottlenose dolphins form alliance networks more complex than any documented outside of humans. Small groups cooperate to herd females — and those groups form alliances with other groups — creating three nested levels of social cooperation that researchers in Shark Bay, Australia have been studying for over thirty years. They're not just smart. They're politically smart.
Three levels of teamwork.
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