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Sperm Whale Brain and Intelligence

The brain, At one point brain size used to be considered a valuable tool in measuring intelligence, In fact the sperm whale has the largest brain of all living animals, Today however there are second thoughts regarding how useful this method is for measuring intelligence because many other factors play a larger role in determining intelligence than

Spindle cells neurons without extensive branching have been discovered in the brains of the humpback whale, fin whale, sperm whale, killer whale, bottlenose dolphins, Risso’s dolphins, and beluga whales, Humans, great apes, and elephants, species all well known for their high intelligence, are the only others known to have spindle cells,

sperm whale intelligence

 · Sperm whales are relatively placid mammals and very few incidents in modern times suggest otherwise, They mainly feed on squid and rarely attack, apparently only when mistaking other mammals for

An extraordinary battle between sperm whales and orcas

Decoding the communicative clicks of sperm whales

How intelligent are whales and dolphins?

 · This week CSAIL joined the launch of a new research initiative aiming to apply advanced machine learning and robotics to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales, Dubbed Project CETI Ce tacean T ranslation I nitiative, the five-year effort includes experts in linguistics, robotics, AI, and camera engineering from MIT CSAIL, Harvard, and the City University of New York,

How Loud is a Sperm Whale Click?

The sperm whale brain is the largest known of any modern or extinct animal, weighing on average about 7,8 kilograms 17 lb with the smallest known weighing 6,4 kilograms 14 lb and the largest known weighing 9,2 kilograms 20 lb, more than five times heavier than a human’s, and has a volume of about 8,000 cm 3,

Whale intelligence continues to amaze and dumbfound

Intelligence can be defined as the ability to learn and apply knowledge; to understand new or challenging situations and the ability to think abstractly, Dolphins demonstrate the ability to do all of these things and most scientists agree that dolphins are very intelligent, They are notoriously talented mimics and quick learners; they demonstrate self-awareness, problem-solving, and empathy, innovation, teaching skills, grief, joy and …

Are Whales Smarter Than We Are?

Sperm Whale Brain and Intelligence, Reaching lengths of up to 67 ft, long, the sperm whale is the largest known whale within the toothed whale family, The sperm whale also happens to have the largest brain and cerebrum of any known mammal in existence today, In fact, the sperm whale’s brain weighs 5 …

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Neanderthal Intelligence and the Sperm Whale Brain

Behavioural Evidence

 · Size matters, but it’s not everything The largest brain on earth belongs to the sperm whale, the same species as the main character in Melville’s yarn, The adult sperm whale brain is 8,000 cubic

Cetacean intelligence

Understanding sperm whale migration These days few topics command as much attention or potential as artificial intelligence AI Virtually endless opportunities exist for new technology to change business and daily life, but this conversation does not turn often enough to how it …

Sperm whale

We know they have the biggest brains in the animal kingdom with a sperm whale’s weighing more than five times that of an average human brain,

 · Blue whales are often mistakenly labelled as Earth’s noisiest animal, yet sperm whales are able to project their loudest sounds with an energy intensity sixty thousand times greater, Blue whale’s loudest sounds are transmitted at 188dB, whereas the highest recorded figure for a sperm whales is 236dB, Part of such confusions is due to the many ways we measure sound, a problem that is exacerbated by the use of …

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 · The sharp dorsal fin of an orca circles the sperm whales The whales were showing signs of distress continually blowing and raising their heads in behaviour known as spy-hopping, Below the

Using AI to protect sperm whales

Are Whales Intelligent?

The real Moby Dick: Do whales really attack humans?