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On the Record  Posts: 6487 Joined: 8 Nov 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2538 Joined: 29 Mar 2008    | oh shit! We're doomed! |
On the Record Posts: 6487 Joined: 8 Nov 2008 | No, no, they'll be our allies in the fight against the robot-nazi-vampires who are zombies in 2012! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3617 Joined: 7 Aug 2008    | Until they learn to live on land I'm perfectly happy. When they do, Nuke Every last dolphin there is! |
Muckraker  Posts: 235 Joined: 27 Oct 2008    | As long as they don't develop long-range weaponry, land-walking suits, or lures of beer, we'll be fine. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 10 Joined: 17 Oct 2008   | The dolphins are going to take over the world! |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 443 Joined: 25 Sep 2008     | Next step.. Dolphins with Lasers and Ak-47's then US Navy Seals, with REAL SEALS. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 90 Joined: 29 Nov 2007    | They can evolve all they want. As long as they continue to get caught in Tuna nets, I could care less what they do. Nothing tastier than a dolphin flavored tuna sandwich. mmm mmm mmmmmmm |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 91 Joined: 25 Feb 2008     |
What if they mate with our women and create a breed of dolphin-men. With their supirior intellects they shall destroy us all! O_O |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1915 Joined: 9 Sep 2008     | Everything is evolving. Except for Creationists. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1151 Joined: 7 Dec 2008   | So? A lot of monkeys use tools already. Until we can communicate, then I don't care what they do with their nose. |
BANNED  Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007  | Dolphins...evolving? User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
BANNED  Posts: 3780 Joined: 9 Sep 2008    | What a pity they will all be extinct before they invent a wheel. User was banned for: We are all related? a odd little theory. (Permanent) |
On the Record Posts: 6487 Joined: 8 Nov 2008 | No, the point is that they just learned how to use tools. Monkeys already knew when we started observing them. Depending on your point of view, this could be concrete proof of evolution. |
Paperboy  Posts: 42 Joined: 24 Mar 2008  | The world will turn into that Simpsons episode. |
BANNED Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007 |
Well, I wouldn't exactly call learning evolution. Those two things are very far apart. User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1394 Joined: 31 Aug 2008  | Soon they'll be Super-Smart Sea Kittens! |
On the Record Posts: 6487 Joined: 8 Nov 2008 |
Good point. I'm not exactly an expert on evolution, I never cared enough. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3252 Joined: 8 May 2008  | We're safe as long as they're bound to the ocean. Iceland may have a spot of trouble though. |
Muckraker  Posts: 262 Joined: 27 Jan 2008   | We didn't learn our lesson from Red Alert 3, apparently |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1207 Joined: 17 Oct 2008    | *resists urge to quote Douglas Adams to death here* |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 821 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 |
Wrong, they're becoming Scientologists, slowly but surely |
Beat Writer  Posts: 204 Joined: 2 Jul 2008   | I'm ready to bow down to the dolphin overlords...are you? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1915 Joined: 9 Sep 2008 |
Evolve, not devolve! |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 54 Joined: 10 Sep 2008   | Dont worry guys when the dolphins become a threat to mankind we will introduce them to alcohol. |
Paperboy  Posts: 33 Joined: 21 Sep 2008   | Neat article, but I'm saving my excitement for when they evolve thumbs. Then we're screwed. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4560 Joined: 25 Feb 2008   | As long as they don'y learn to write we'll be fine. |
On the Record  Posts: 5157 Joined: 21 Aug 2008  |
If they really are that smart they will ally themselves with the Robot-Nazi-Vampires. SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1207 Joined: 17 Oct 2008 |
Thank god someone did it for me ^_^ |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 114 Joined: 27 Jun 2008   |
I see what you did there. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1010 Joined: 4 Dec 2007 | Dolphins evolving into tool-using creatures? OMIGOSH!!! |
On the Record Posts: 6487 Joined: 8 Nov 2008 |
No, we have the superior technology. I was waiting for somebody to quote the Hitchihiker's Guide. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 884 Joined: 19 Sep 2008   | If dolphins are so smart, why do they live in igloos? |
Muckraker  Posts: 334 Joined: 31 Aug 2008   | SHIT first nation to give them industrialized sponges are going to win WW3. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 742 Joined: 2 Nov 2008   |
Wes they have always been good to humans,they have been known to help ward off sharks. There are pleanty of stories of them helping humans. |
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For a long time, people have suspected dolphins of being extremely intelligent. Now they're learning how to use tools.
Have a link. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5439491.ece