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Here are 3 people-animal collaborations besides dolphins and Brazilians

Humans and animals have cooperated throughout history. But it’s rare and at risk of disappearing

A fisher stands in waist-deep water with a fishing line as he looks at a dolphin breaking through the surface

Fishers (one shown) in the southern Brazilian city of Laguna work together with dolphins to catch elusive mullet.

M. Cantor et al/PNAS 2023

By Darren Incorvaia

- More than 2 years ago

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