PeterisP comments on The Octopus, the Dolphin and Us: a Great Filter tale - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PeterisP 04 September 2014 08:53:00PM *  5 points [-]

Dolphins are able to herd schools of fish, cooperating to keep a 'ball' of fish together for a long time while feeding from it.

However, taming and sustained breeding is a long way from herding behavior - it requires long term planning for multi-year time periods, and I'm not sure if that has been observed in dolphins.