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Whales and Dolphins May Deserve 'Personhood' Status

By Jess Kilby,  Newser User

Posted Jun 26, 2009 2:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – Whales and dolphins have highly evolved social structures and may deserve a “personhood” status similar to that being considered for members of the great ape family, Wired reports. The emotional and social areas of the cetacean brain are “enormously complex,” notes one...   Read full story »

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