# Whales use bait to catch seagulls **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whales-use-bait-to-catch-seagulls/319710 "2005-09-02T06:20:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whales-use-bait-to-catch-seagulls/319710/21 "2005-09-06T05:12:46Z")
> [@1920s Style "Death Ray"](#): > > Ok, I can accept that a whale might use bait to catch a seagull (it could almost be the premise for a Farside cartoon), but I’m not gonna sit here and let you tell me that dolphins use tools. I mean, for starters dolphins are very intelligent, but even if one _was_ stupid enough to try using tools underwater, where would he plug it in? How would he avoid getting electrocuted? How does he manipulate the power switch? It just doesn’t sound plausable I’m afraid :). Clearly you have not kept up with your modern marine biology. It’s long been known that many [sea creatures](http://cgibin.rcn.com/fillmore.dnai/cgi-bin/sviewer.pl?selectdate=8/16/05) use tools. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whales-use-bait-to-catch-seagulls/319710/22 "2005-09-06T06:07:27Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > On catching seagulls. . . > > We never actually caught one, but we scared the living shit out of a lot of them. So what you’re saying is you’re \*almost \* as smart as a Killer Whale? 😛 (Sorry…almost as smart as an Orca 🙂 .) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whales-use-bait-to-catch-seagulls/319710/23 "2005-09-06T08:28:44Z")
> [@Dr. Love](#): > > Clearly you have not kept up with your modern marine biology. It’s long been known that many [sea creatures](http://cgibin.rcn.com/fillmore.dnai/cgi-bin/sviewer.pl?selectdate=8/16/05) use tools. 🙂 Quite remarkable. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whales-use-bait-to-catch-seagulls/319710/24 "2005-09-06T08:36:58Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > This comes on top of the discovery of dolphins using tools a few months ago. [‘Oh, Shit,’ Says Humanity](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28315)! ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whales-use-bait-to-catch-seagulls/319710/25 "2005-09-06T13:34:46Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I’m a bit more impressed by Japanese crows that have apparently figured out automobile traffic patterns, and place nuts on the street at intersections during red lights. Apparently, the crows have learned that cars stop at red lights, and will **crack open their nuts** when the lights turn green. Bolding mine. This statement can be visualized two ways. I just spent the last couple minutes laughing my ass off. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whales-use-bait-to-catch-seagulls/319710.md?page=1)