Read the paper by Donaldson and colleagues (2012), "The Social Side of Human-Wildlife Interaction: Wildlife Can Learn Harmful Behaviours from Each Other" (Animal Conservation, vol. 15, pp. 427-435) and a commentary by Michael Krützen in the same issue (pp. 440-441). What types of behaviors were the bottlenose dolphins learning from conspecifics? Why are these behaviors potentially maladaptive? What sorts of conservation strategies might you enact to mitigate these issues in wild bottlenose dolphin populations that live in close proximity to human recreational activity?

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The Answer of Read the paper by Donaldson and colleagues (2012), "The Social Side of Human-Wildlife Interaction: Wildlife Can Learn Harmful Behaviours from Each Other" (Animal Conservation, vol. 15, pp. 427-435) and a commentary by Michael Krützen in the same issue (pp. 440-441). What types of behaviors were the bottlenose dolphins learning from conspecifics? Why are these behaviors potentially maladaptive? What sorts of conservation strategies might you enact to mitigate these issues in wild bottlenose dolphin populations that live in close proximity to human recreational activity?

Read the Paper by Donaldson and Colleagues (2012), "The Social