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Cetacean culture: Slippery when wet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Stan Kuczaj
Stan Kuczaj
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406 s.kuczaj@usm.edu www-dept.usm.edu/~psy/faculty/skuczaj.html
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Abstract

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.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 340 - 341
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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