Data from: Fish trap manipulation: a novel foraging behavior by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Video monitoring of artisanal fish traps in Jamaica demonstrated a new foraging behaviour, with bottlenose dolphins extracting fish from manipulated traps. Sharing of trap manipulation behaviour among individuals may suggest social learning, which could enhance the spread of this behavior within populations. These observations provide an example of how a species with sophisticated cognitive abilities may be able to learn to exploit resources introduced by humans possibly placing them at the forefront of human-wildlife conflict.