If whales are smart enough to debate that, they probably have cultural memory of almost getting whaled to extinction. Which would make them like us less, but on the other hand, might make them afraid to get us too upset at them
Perhaps it’ll make your day better to know that Pacific nations have passed legislation recognising legal personhood for whales and dolphins, granting them rights against being hunted?
The ocean: state of impending catastrophe
Humans: can we make another kind of cheese from them?
I wonder if there’s a hidden whale/dolphin society debating whether or not to invade humans right this very moment
If whales are smart enough to debate that, they probably have cultural memory of almost getting whaled to extinction. Which would make them like us less, but on the other hand, might make them afraid to get us too upset at them
Perhaps it’ll make your day better to know that Pacific nations have passed legislation recognising legal personhood for whales and dolphins, granting them rights against being hunted?
Honestly makes sense
Looking at a dolphins brain is enough to convince me they’ve known what’s up for far longer than we have