Nowhere in the world do so many dolphins live in such a small space as in Shark Bay in Western Australia, says Dr Livia Gerber. That's why they need to be particularly innovative and are one of the first populations of animals in which we can describe culture. Dr Livia is particularly interested in the social system of dolphins, which is the most complex social system we can observe outside our own species, Homo Sapiens. There is a lot of cooperation in the upbringing oft the young for example, and even a kind of friendschip-alliances-system amongst the males, who defend the group against outsiders.
As a member of a team of scientists, Catharina Vendl is also involved in the production of the podcast series Boiling Point, which can be heard, in English of course, on the internet here:
Delphine in Shark Bay, Monkey Mire sind eine Touristenattraktion Source: Getty Images
