From the time of Aristotle, humans have looked to the dolphin as a peaceful and benevolent guardian of the sea. But that perpetual grin of the beloved marine mammal belies a seamy underbelly of disturbing behavior. Scientists have followed a bloody trail of clues to find that dolphins are cold-blooded killers, stabbing porpoises to death by the hundreds and smashing the skulls of their own offspring. What's worse, the killings aren't motivated by a need for food (most animal killers eat their prey) but by apparently murderous urges. Looks like they're more human than we ever imagined.
Flipper Exposed
From the time of Aristotle, humans have looked to the dolphin as a peaceful and benevolent guardian of the sea. But that perpetual grin of the beloved marine mammal belies a seamy underbelly of disturbing behavior. Scientists have followed a bloody trail of clues to find that dolphins are cold-blooded killers, stabbing porpoises to death by the hundreds and smashing the skulls of their own offspring. What's worse, the killings aren't motivated by a need for food (most animal killers eat their prey) but by apparently murderous urges. Looks like they're more human than we ever imagined.
