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Cetacean culture: Slippery when wet

2001; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0140525x01403967

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Stan A. Kuczaj,

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Cetaceans are likely candidates for social learning and culture. Meager experimental evidence suggests that some cetaceans possess the requisite cognitive skills for social learning. Equally sparse ethnographic data provide clues about possible outcomes of social learning. Although the available evidence is consistent with the notion of culture in cetaceans, caution is warranted due to the many gaps in the data.