I see that I was wrong: I believed that the number of species having the
ability to learn through observation was fairly small. Probably a
vestige of my desire to believe in some version of a "chain of being,"
with us, of course, being near the top (just below the angels).
Thank you all--Susan Morton, Kathy Morgan, Paul Smith, Deb Brihl, Linda
Walsh, Stephen Black (twice, or was it thrice?), and David Likely (God,
I hope I haven't forgotten anybody)--for enlightening me and showing me
once again that I have not become the all-knowing being I had always
suspected I could be (there's that chain-of-being idea sneaking in
again. I blame it on being raised Catholic. I WAS a cute alter boy,
though, even if I never could get the Latin right).
Now my question (inspired by Stephen): what is the difference between
dolphins and porpoises? I know that there is one, but I can't remember.
Jeff
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