ABSTRACT
In Laguna (Santa Catarina, Brazil), artisanal fishermen and bottlenose dolphins have developed peculiar ways of fishing together. “Good dolphins” (as the animals that are involved in fishing are known) lead schools of mullets to the fishermen and signal the location of the fish and the timing for throwing the nets. This article presents a general description of this fishing, exploring the relations among dolphins, fishermen and fish, the fishermen’s knowledge about dolphins, the communication between them, as well as the co-learning and the interspecific development of skills among dolphins and fishermen.
KEYWORDS:
Fishing; dolphins; communication; co-learning; skills
