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

oh shit! We're doomed!

No, no, they'll be our allies in the fight against the robot-nazi-vampires who are zombies in 2012!

Until they learn to live on land I'm perfectly happy. When they do, Nuke Every last dolphin there is!

As long as they don't develop long-range weaponry, land-walking suits, or lures of beer, we'll be fine.

The dolphins are going to take over the world!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mqFqMzHUv1U&feature=related

Next step.. Dolphins with Lasers and Ak-47's then US Navy Seals, with REAL SEALS.

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

Yellow Lad Unleashed:
As long as they don't develop long-range weaponry, land-walking suits, or lures of beer, we'll be fine.

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

Everything is evolving.

Except for Creationists.

So? A lot of monkeys use tools already. Until we can communicate, then I don't care what they do with their nose.

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.

The world will turn into that Simpsons episode.

Soon they'll be Super-Smart Sea Kittens!

TheNecroswanson:

berethond:
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.

Well, I wouldn't exactly call learning evolution. Those two things are very far apart.

Good point. I'm not exactly an expert on evolution, I never cared enough.

We're safe as long as they're bound to the ocean. Iceland may have a spot of trouble though.
Dolphins, I think, are more like humans than chimps. Dolphins also have sex for pleasure (aside from us they are the only species to do so), and use tools. Like most animals they can communicate well, but combine that with their intelligence and the sex thing and they're not too different from us. Dolphins also pick on and abuse smaller species of Dolphin.

*resists urge to quote Douglas Adams to death here*

Aardvark:
Everything is evolving.

Except for Creationists.

Wrong, they're becoming Scientologists, slowly but surely

Dancingman:
Wrong, they're becoming Scientologists, slowly but surely

Evolve, not devolve!

Dont worry guys when the dolphins become a threat to mankind we will introduce them to alcohol.

Neat article, but I'm saving my excitement for when they evolve thumbs.

Then we're screwed.

As long as they don'y learn to write we'll be fine.
Look at humanity, started writing things down, WHOOSH, technological advancement.

berethond:
No, no, they'll be our allies in the fight against the robot-nazi-vampires who are zombies in 2012!

If they really are that smart they will ally themselves with the Robot-Nazi-Vampires.

SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH!

Avida:
*resists urge to quote Douglas Adams to death here*

ChromeAlchemist:
SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH!

Thank god someone did it for me ^_^

Aardvark:
Everything is evolving.

Except for Creationists.

I see what you did there.

Dolphins evolving into tool-using creatures? OMIGOSH!!!

ChromeAlchemist:

berethond:
No, no, they'll be our allies in the fight against the robot-nazi-vampires who are zombies in 2012!

If they really are that smart they will ally themselves with the Robot-Nazi-Vampires.

SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH!

No, we have the superior technology.

I was waiting for somebody to quote the Hitchihiker's Guide.

If dolphins are so smart, why do they live in igloos?

SHIT

first nation to give them industrialized sponges are going to win WW3.
Attach assault rifles to the sponges and you've got dolphin shocktroopers.

berethond:
No, no, they'll be our allies in the fight against the robot-nazi-vampires who are zombies in 2012!

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.