Top Most Intelligent And Smartest Animals in The World

DOLPHIN

One of the friendliest animals in the world, Dolphins have the ability to recognize themselves in the mirror which proves that they are one of the smartest animals in the world. Bottlenose dolphins are the type of Dolphins that have the largest brains among all animal kingdoms. They are very much helpful to the humans in solving different mysterious related to the oceans.

They are also very much capable of showing different emotions like happiness, joy, and sorrow. When dolphins are sleeping only one side of the brain sleeps the other keep active to defend them from any threats. They can also learn things very fast if trained properly.

They belong to many different families like Delphinidae, Platanistidae, Iniidae, and Pontoporiidae depending on whether they are oceanic dolphins, Indian river dolphins, new world river dolphins and brackish dolphins. It is also listed under amazing animals in the world.

They are fond of eating fish and squid but many of them also like killer whales and seals. You will also like reading about beautiful fishes in the world. Beluga Whale found only in Arctic region is also one of the intelligent animals in the world,

most 20 FAct of DOLPHIN 

1 .When humans take a breath, they replace only 15% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. When dolphins take a breath, they replace 90% of the air in their lungs with fresh air.

2.Dusky and spinner dolphins can leap 20 feet (6.1 m) or higher in the air. In fact, spinner dolphins get their name from spinning and somersaulting above the waves.

3.Scientists believe that dolphins don’t ever fall into a deep sleep; therefore, they probably don’t dream.

4.Called “re-entrants,” dolphins once lived on land and looked and behaved something like a small wolf but with five hoof-like toes on each foot instead claws. Dolphins also have remnant finger bones in their flippers, a forearm, wrists, and a few remnant leg bones deep inside their bodies.

5.Dolphins can recognize themselves in the mirror, and they love to admire themselves.

6.Killing a dolphin in ancient Greece was considered sacrilegious and was punishable by death. The Greeks called them hieros ichthys, or “sacred fish.

7.In Rome, dolphins were thought to carry souls to the “Islands of the Blest,” and images of dolphins have been found in the hands of Roman mummies, presumably to ensure their safe passage to the afterlife.

8.There are 40 existing species of dolphins. Most species live in shallow waters of tropical and temperate oceans. Five species live in rivers.[2]

9.A two-headed dolphin was found in western Turkey in 2014.

10.Famous philosophers such as Pliny, Herodotus, Aelian, and Aristotle commented on the compassion and friendly and almost moral nature of dolphins.

11.The narwhal dolphin has a large ivory tusk (like a unicorn), which is often poached. The only remaining populations are in the Greenland Sea and Baffin Bay.

12.Dolphins have the longest memory in the animal kingdom.

13.Just one-half of a dolphin’s brain goes to sleep at a time.

14.Dolphins can talk and understand each other over the phone.

15.Some dolphins can understand as many as 60 words, which can make up 2,000 sentences. They also show signs of self-awareness.

16.Just a tablespoon of water in a dolphin’s lung could drown it. A human could drown if two tablespoons of water were inhaled into the lungs.

17.The dolphin brain is even more “folded” than humans’ and was this way millions of years before the first appearance of humans. Scientists often measure intelligence by the number of brain “folds.

18.A baby dolphin is born tail-first to prevent drowning. After the mother breaks the umbilical cord by swiftly swimming away, she must immediately return to her baby and take it to the surface to breathe.

19.A female dolphin will assist in the birth of another’s baby dolphin, and if it is a difficult birth, the “midwife” might help pull out the baby. Other dolphins, including bulls, will swim around the mother during birth to protect her.

20.Air can be expelled from a dolphin’s blowhole at speeds topping 100 mph