In particular, they noted which side the animals used more often while searching for food at the bottom. Dolphins do this with their noses down, digging into the ground and using one eye to observe, in fact, the bottom itself. After analyzing 709 rotations of dolphins, experts concluded that 705 of them were turned to the left, and the animals used their right eye to search for food. This suggests that the left hemisphere of their brain performs most of the processing of sensory information related to food production. The remaining 4 maneuvers were performed by one individual, and she used her left eye to search. Are you left-handed or right-handed? Or maybe you are equally good with both hands? Write about it in our Telegram chat.
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This study, in addition to allowing us to learn a fun fact about dolphins, also gives us the opportunity to understand how the human nervous system has evolved over time, specializing in certain tasks in order to become more efficient. In addition, the new data may also help to understand how the connections between the habits of marine animals and their behavior are formed. After all, for example, the same left-handed dolphins will not be able to hunt effectively with their right-handed relatives, since in order to concentrate on the victim they will need to turn the other side to it.
