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Via #NatGeo; Jason Bittel, “Did Humpbacks Try to Save a Seal from Orcas? See for Yourself.” 7 Sept. 2023 (6/6)

@paninid@mastodon.world I think it’s interesting that one of the most significant survival traits that hominids evolved was the ability to form community, share burdens, and have empathy for others. Arguably, it’s the trait that allowed us to outcompete other homo species. Now, we’re starting to see (notice) this in other mammals, especially cetaceans, and I wonder if we’re seeing them in the middle of their own evolution to a more sapient species.

Coach Pāṇini ®

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@ramsey@phpc.social

The lineage of cetaceans like humpbacks pre-date Homo sapiens by tens of millions of years, so if we were witnessing that it would be incredible evolutionary timing.

Mensch, Marina
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@paninid@mastodon.world maybe it was there all the time, but we didn't look or if we did, we kept silent about it. It's only 100 yrs or so when mankind still killed whales big style for their oil, fat and meat.
And look at other very social animals who often take in even other species, adopt them, feed them. I've seen a cow on a meadow feeding a deer baby. Geese feeding carps when they open their mouths, even our house crows will drop a worm in an open mouth now and then, even into a yawning cat.
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