For many years people believed that the cleverest animals after man were chimpanzees. Now, however, there is proot that doiphins may be even cleverer than these big apes. Although a dolphin lives in the sea it is not a fish. It is a mammal. t is in many ways, thererore, like a numan bengs Dolphins have a simple language. They are able to talk to one another. It may be possible for man to learn how to talk to dolphins. But this will not be easy because dolphins can not hear the kind or Sounds man can make. If man wants to talk to dolphins, therefore, he will have to make a third language which both he and the dolphins can understand. Dolphins are also very friendly towards man. They often follow ships. There are many storles of dolphins guiding ships through difficult and dangerous waters.
1: Which animals do people think may be the cleverest?
2: What other beings are dolphins like in many ways?
3. What have scientists discovered about dolphins?
4. Why is a third language necessary if man wants to talk to dolphins? are dolphins friendly to man?
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