> By hanging out with the orcas, dolphins likely gain protection from other orca pods that pass through the area and hunt dolphins. ... Cooperation between different species is relatively common in nature, but rarer among mammals and typically doesn’t involve predators
This sounds (to me) very much like the story of how wolves became dogs: predators (us) and predators (them), mutual benefit, some degree of protection.
vintagedave•1mo ago
> By hanging out with the orcas, dolphins likely gain protection from other orca pods that pass through the area and hunt dolphins. ... Cooperation between different species is relatively common in nature, but rarer among mammals and typically doesn’t involve predators
This sounds (to me) very much like the story of how wolves became dogs: predators (us) and predators (them), mutual benefit, some degree of protection.