Shanghai!

Made it to Shanghai after nine billion hours of flights, trains, and buses. Things are super disorganized but very interesting.

Posted on June 1, 2012 with 1 note

theanimalblog:

Friendly Dolphins Help Brazilian Fishermen

We think of dolphins as playful — but they may also be more cunning than we ever realized. A subset of the dolphin population in Laguna, Brazil has started cooperating with human fishing expeditions. The dolphins will help people get better catches, in return for whatever the fisherman discard. They’ll drive schools of mullet towards the fisherman, and they even signal when and where to cast the nets.

Newly published research has looked at the dolphins who are helping out in this unique way. What the scientists discovered is that the sea mammals that cooperated with the humans were more social than the ones that didn’t, both within their own species, and with ours. The researchers believe this is to do with social learning practices, where these skills can be passed between the more connected dolphins.

Posted on May 26, 2012 via The Animal Blog with 818 notes

Source: io9.com

doctorwho:

We at the Doctor Who Tumblr would like to say that we have full faith in Matt as a torch bearer.
taintedtreasure:

#he’s gonna burn down cardiff