[HN Gopher] Study finds juvenile dolphins who play together are ...
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       Study finds juvenile dolphins who play together are more successful
       as adults
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2024-06-13 14:16 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | dyauspitr wrote:
       | Just like with humans, dolphins that play with each other are
       | presumable more "normal" and their play is a result of being the
       | way they are.
        
         | sambeau wrote:
         | I think you have that the wrong way round. They are the way
         | they are as a result of play. Play is fundamental to their
         | adult behaviour.
        
           | scienceyist wrote:
           | I think you're both wrong. It's actually bidirectional:
           | dolphins with more harmful mutations are less likely to
           | 'play' normally, and play is also extremely beneficial to
           | development.
        
         | etiam wrote:
         | Yes. Or put another way, there has to be something off for
         | social mammal juveniles not to play together with others. And
         | something off is not generally popular with mating females.
        
           | 082349872349872 wrote:
           | On that note, "7 minutes in Heaven" is in Munroe's "Computers
           | may _never_ outplay humans " category in
           | https://xkcd.com/1002/ .
           | 
           | (as glass bead games are closely related to Calvinball, I'd
           | be interested to see if that categorisation remains accurate
           | or if we wind up in the world of https://xkcd.com/810/ )
        
       | carabiner wrote:
       | Keep your kids inside and teach them to code.
        
         | notnaut wrote:
         | But that's you wind up where the only socialization they get is
         | with other weirdos on the internet.
        
       | andsoitis wrote:
       | Success in human life is very strongly affected by one's ability
       | to cooperate with other humans.
       | 
       | Play helps develops a range of skills in a dynamic environment
       | that mixes physical, mental, emotional dimensions.
        
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