ce of the trash to receive his reward. This behavior is particulary interesting because it shows that the dolphin had a sense of the future and delayed gratification. He had enough presence to realize that a big piece of trash got the same reward as a small piece, so why not deliver only small pieces to keep the extra food coming? He in effect had trained the humans. Another experiment done by Dr. Javis Bastian found that dolphins oculd communicate about abstract ideas. Two dolphins were trained to push different switches to earn a fish. That was simply, but then they had to go in sequence. First one dolphin would hit the switch and then the other dolphin would hit the same switch. Finally, the separated the dolphins so they could only communicate what to do through sound. Dr. Bastian concluded that dolphins can communicate abstract ideas, left and right. Dolphins are amazing animals. Society needs to become more aware of the risks that dolphins face each and every day so my kids, and my kids kids can experience dolphins in nature like I have had the chance to....
