Dolphins can pick up new hunting skills from non-family members just like great apes — and don't always need mum to teach them the ropes, a study has found. Biologists watched dolphins off of the Australian coast pick up a hunting technique — involving shaking hidden prey out of discarded shells — by mimicking each other. Scroll down for videoDolphins can pick up new hunting skills from non-family members just like great apes — and don't always need mum to teach them the ropes, a study has found. In their study, Dr Wild and colleagues carried out boat-based surveys of dolphins in Western Australia's Shark’s Bay — where they witnessed the creatures using a foraging technique called 'shelling'. The team monitored more than 1,000 dolphins during their study, witnessing over 40 shelling incidents in total.

Source: Daily Mail June 25, 2020 15:01 UTC