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The scientific evidence is so strong for the intellectual and emotional sophistication of dolphins that there simply is no question that they are ‘nonhuman persons’ who deserve respect as individuals. Look up "non-human persons."

Thank you for sharing all this I have become so fascinated with dolphins of late. I am 73 and have become obsessed with them

Dolphins definitely show empathy. It's time to return the favor and ban all cetacean fishery and captivity worldwide once and for all !

gandolf sitting in the audience at 18:04

Thank you Dr. Reiss for such an informative video. And for bringing awareness of the dolphin hunts in Taiji, Japan. It's a shame that here we are almost 4 years later and the dolphin hunts continue. They not only continue killing them but now are more interested in capturing dolphins in order to sell them to marine parks, dolphinariums or swim with dolphin parks just so people can be amused and entertained by them. How selfish is that of humans to subject these self-aware non-terrestrial beings to suffer so much for our "pleasure"!? If Taiji couldn't sell captive dolphins, the hunts would stop or slowly die out because so few people eat dolphin meat anymore. Selling dolphin meat by itself simply wouldn't be profitable. The marine park industry is fueling this cruelty, allowing it to continue. None of them have learned "scientific knowledge should transcend geographic and cultural boundaries." BTW, it's not just Japan slaughtering or capturing dolphins. Peru, where it's illegal to kill dolphins still kill about 10,000-15,000 yearly. Russia is into capturing orca & beluga for captivity and some parts of the Solomon Islands still capture & kill dolphins (for their teeth!). It's time for humans to respect the rights of cetaceans. We MUST learn to be cosmopolitan!!!

I love Dr. Diana Reiss.

Dr. Reiss, have you tried to reach Japanese audiences with this illuminating presentation? You should if you want to protect dolphins from some humans' horrific behavior towards them. Thank you.

Research with dolphins, whether in captivity or wild, with the hope of figuring out how to truly communicate with them. I found the process to take about 3 minutes and no technology.

Just curious to find out if you have heard of Randy Lanceborg

I love dolphins!!

11:35 Re: dolphins having faster self-recognition in mirrors. Dolphins start jumping in the ocean from an early age, so they see themselves mirrored in the water when landing back in the ocean, pretty much all the time..?

I love TED talks but someone needs to teach them about microphones and sound

I'm such a huge, huge fan of dolphins, whales and oddly ravens.

"Cosmopolitan" does not mean "citizen of the world." Cosmopolitan means "citizen of the cosmos," or "citizen of the universe." It's a pretty big disservice to Diogenes to understate/misrepresent the intended meaning of the term. We are occupants of spaceship earth, but earth is only one spaceship of many. It is statistically inevitable that there exist other occupants on other spaceships at some point in time.

If dolphins see by means of sound, could';t it be that they use picture-language?

so long so long so long, so long and thank you for all the fish

Well, when aliens start killing humans, claiming we compete with them for planetary resources, we would not have any right to protest.

"Today the ocean but tomorrow the WORLD."

No I totally agree with you I respect all animals and dolphins even more,either way it's fine by me (I treat my cat as a person so i shouldn't be the one to talk...:P)

I thought that originally too. Look up Diogenes though, he was famous for sleeping in a jar. From Wikip: He used his simple lifestyle and behaviour to criticise the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt society. He declared himself a cosmopolitan. I am willing to give this 'lady' (nice hint of sexism there) the benefit of the doubt. I think she did know what she was talking about. Of course it ignores the main point of the lecture - dolphins are sentient beings.

Conscious... Aware...Thinking Dolphin...stuck in an aquarium with only a mirror for enrichment. I couldn't watch after this.

Incredibly compelling, reduced to circus trix and swim with oily tourists.. I put it on the front page of Cetacean News Network www.rebelmouse.com/MaralKalinian/tedtalks-its-about-time-we-sta-457187667.html

Chicken and a cow?

Is anyone else here from that Dolphin Bonk video?

I know she is the expert, not me, but the mrror test only works with animals who sees with the eyes. Dolphins sees with their sonar. A mirror, seen through a sonar, is a flat wall. There is no way that a dolphin, which sonar can see our beating hearts and all our internal organs, would mistake a reflection for a living individual. Dolphins are fascinated by their reflections, but never, ever they would think of them as a living thing because their sonar can't see them as living things. It's a flat wall with no depth and no organic tissues.

Somedays, human will decline in oblivion, cause we are not sustainable with nature, and the dolphins take over

Diogenes did coin the term cosmopolitan but he was not the "greek philosopher in the tub", that was Archimedes. Jeeeeez get your facts right lady.

Can someone please show the japanese a photo with the true culprits behind Hiroshima bomb: chicken and cow.

Japanese crazy!

huh?

If so intelligent let them to watch Dolphin TV and movies which we made about them. Also learn human language, bcs everything in a big brain coming from the learning and this need time... .

Karin

"What's for dinner tonight?" "I was thinking dolphin"

Not extra-terrestrials, but OTHER terrestrials!!!

It was difficult listening to her when she sounds like she's lecturing you on simple things or just gets confused about what points she was making. After fucking up the whole time, not really representing dolphins or her points well, she uses overtime to advocate the mistreatment of dolphins. Not very impressive, could have gone way better. She is clearly very nervous and loves dolphins alot, but she should have prepared better. Dolphins are still really awesome though and should be protected.

She keeps erroneously calling Dolphins nonterrestrials which means "an organism that did not originate on Earth"

Are dolphins smart enough to be evil?

the usual -person- usage of a word refers to human individuals. you wouldn't call a pack of dolphins people would you? sounds strainge :P

Go vegan to minimise harm done to dolphins :-)

Too much sensationalism. I thought the mission statement of TED was to promote SCIENCE or something similar. OOOOOOH, LOOK, DOLPHIN SOOO SMART is not scientific. Bring the facts, those who care will listen.