Read the interview! Decide whether each statement is, according to the text, true, false or not mentioned. Choose one of the answers!
Swimming with the dolphins
Does this mean swimming with dolphins in captivity might be more politically correct?
Many people object to keeping the creatures away from their natural habitats simply for our amusement. Are you attracted by the idea of a cruise-liner arriving at an American resort and depositing 30 passengers into a tank with a single dolphin that has been taught to perform tricks? It happens.
But dolphins appear to enjoy contact with humans.
How do you know? They may look happy but scientists point out that they have a “psychological smile!” A classic case of anthropomorphism, perhaps. They also make cute noises, but despite years of research into dolphin intelligence experts still can’t agree on what those noises mean, if anything.
What about all that leaping out of the water?
It’s called breaching and it may be part of a complex social ritual, or perhaps a way of rounding up prey before an attack.
But surely dolphins aren’t aggressive?
They are part of the food chain. Researchers have found bottlenose dolphins killing cuddly harbour porpoises, and they are not sure why; possible to protect their food source.
Any danger of them attacking humans?
It has happened. One dolphin in the Turks and Caicos Islands became very friendly with his trainer but then injured other people, biting them and then breaking the occasional bone. Dolphins and humans also pass diseases and infections on to one another. A trainer in America reportedly gave herpes to a dolphin which then passed it to another trainer. At least, that’s what they told their wives. But it is known that dolphins can contract influenza from humans.
1)It has been proven that dolphins like being in contact with humans.
2)According to the interview, leaping out of the water is thought to be a way of communicating with humans.
3)Dolphins do not kill other animals.
Many people object to keeping the creatures away from their natural habitats simply for our amusement. Are you attracted by the idea of a cruise-liner arriving at an American resort and depositing 30 passengers into a tank with a single dolphin that has been taught to perform tricks? It happens.
But dolphins appear to enjoy contact with humans.
How do you know? They may look happy but scientists point out that they have a “psychological smile!” A classic case of anthropomorphism, perhaps. They also make cute noises, but despite years of research into dolphin intelligence experts still can’t agree on what those noises mean, if anything.
What about all that leaping out of the water?
It’s called breaching and it may be part of a complex social ritual, or perhaps a way of rounding up prey before an attack.
But surely dolphins aren’t aggressive?
They are part of the food chain. Researchers have found bottlenose dolphins killing cuddly harbour porpoises, and they are not sure why; possible to protect their food source.
Any danger of them attacking humans?
It has happened. One dolphin in the Turks and Caicos Islands became very friendly with his trainer but then injured other people, biting them and then breaking the occasional bone. Dolphins and humans also pass diseases and infections on to one another. A trainer in America reportedly gave herpes to a dolphin which then passed it to another trainer. At least, that’s what they told their wives. But it is known that dolphins can contract influenza from humans.
1)It has been proven that dolphins like being in contact with humans.
2)According to the interview, leaping out of the water is thought to be a way of communicating with humans.
3)Dolphins do not kill other animals.
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