John: Welcome back to another great show, everyone! Today, we’re taking a plunge into one of the ocean’s most charismatic and, frankly, mind-boggling creatures: the dolphin. Now, when we think of marine life adapting to the ocean, it’s often framed as this slow, gradual process, right? Just a creature kind of ‘figuring it out’ over eons. Nigel: Exactly, John. And while adaptation is a real phenomenon, the deeper you look at something like the dolphin, the more that narrative feels… woefully insufficient. It’s not just an animal that adapted to water; it’s a high-speed, sound-powered biological computer, precision-engineered for its
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