In the ocean near Kona.
“Dolphins have a massive new brain area, the paralimbic lobe, that we do not possess. The paralimbic lobe is an outgrowth of the cingulate gyrus, which is known to elaborate social communication and social emotions in all other mammals. Thus, dolphins may have social thoughts and feelings that we can only vaguely imagine.” (Steven Johnson, Mind Wide Open, p.225.)
A recent update: "Despite the divergent evolutionary paths of dolphins and primates -- and their vastly different brains -- both have developed similar high-level cognitive abilities" such as mirror self-recognition.
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!efatima 96 months ago | reply
i love em. cool shot.
Corydora 95 months ago | reply
Fantastic shot - there's nothing more amazing than being in the middle of a big group of dolphins.
dalesgirl [deleted] 95 months ago | reply
Oh so beautiful!
Ravindranath Y 95 months ago | reply
superb shot
Kim Van Horn 93 months ago | reply
great shot! :) please post at
www.flickr.com/groups/ilovetheocean/
halloo9 93 months ago | reply
and i watched some dolphins. dreams can come true :-)
baba93552002 93 months ago | reply
Wow! I love this amazing picture!
dolphunangel 92 months ago | reply
awesome picture. you are so lucky to have been able to experience thay moment!!!
judo_dad1953 91 months ago | reply
great capture
Paul Linton 82 months ago | reply
Phenomenal shot!
shenxy 82 months ago | reply
good shot, though a little over exposed.
The World Through My Eyes
bsmith4815 82 months ago | reply
nice capture!
LA Lassie 80 months ago | reply
I would like to invite you to add this great photo
to the QEMD "Finch" Group (No Rules - Just Educational)
danielle_null_23_21 79 months ago | reply
Hey that picture is cute
jurvetson 74 months ago | reply
glyph_hunter: you have cracked the code...
earthpages 42 months ago | reply
lovely lovely lovely! thanks for the ccl; i've blogged this here: epages.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/the-qualiasphere/
go thunk yourself 42 months ago | reply
Thanks for making this Creative Commons license. I've used it in a blog post and presentation with the 3rd lesson to getting your self scam free. This presentation covers Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It's hosted on that page and here's the scam free online 3rd lesson slidecast. Hope to see the rest of your stuff soon!
Hawaii Wow! 39 months ago | reply
Beautiful photo! Posted it at www.hawaiiwow.com.
michellebarryfranco 15 months ago | reply
so beautiful! I'm using it on my blog at www.michellebarryfranco.com. Thank you for sharing!
js.brain 7 months ago | reply
Beautiful