According to a recent report in the Independent, wild dolphins have learned to perform a common trick known previously to be observed in captive dolphins. Called "walking on water," this trick is when a dolphin tail-walks, rising up almost completely out of the water and moving forward or backward across the top of the water.
Over the course of a 30-year study, scientists in Australia have observed that dolphins in a specific region have learned to tail-walk from a once-captive dolphin named Billie.
Long-known to be intelligent, dolphins are smart, problem-solving creatures that have complex social groups and communicate through a range of sounds and cues. Their ability to execute tasks both alone and in coordination with each other as well as their capacity for fun, playful activity make them special in the marine world.
