Name: Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers
Released: 2012-02-22

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S30 · E9 — Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers

S30:E9 · Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers

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13 episodes in this season

Radioactive Wolves

53 min

The Animal House

53 min

Jungle Eagle

53 min

My Life as a Turkey

53 min

Kangaroo Mob

53 min

Fortress of the Bears

53 min

Raccoon Nation

53 min

Ocean Giants: Giant Lives

53 min

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53 min

E10

Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea

53 min

E11

River of No Return

53 min

E12

The White Lions

53 min

E13

Cracking the Koala Code

53 min

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Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers

Season 30 · Episode 9 · Feb 22, 2012

Whales and dolphins conjure a deep sense of wonder in us that’s hard to explain. From the Arctic to the Amazon, this groundbreaking three-part series goes on a global expedition with world-renowned underwater cameramen, Doug Allen (Planet Earth) and Didier Noirot (Jacques Cousteau’s cameraman), as they capture spellbinding footage of these marine mammals. Ocean Giants looks at how cetaceans hunt, mate, and communicate, and follows scientists as they strive to uncover new insights about these animals. The second hour, Deep Thinkers, explores the cognitive and emotional lives of dolphins and whales. Like us, cetaceans have special brain cells, spindle cells, that are associated with communication, emotion, and heightened social sensitivity. These cells were once thought to be unique to us, but research is now showing that whales and dolphins may have up to three times more spindle cells than humans.

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