A colleague sent me this, and I find it vaguely hopeful:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBFUumm3Dk[/youtube]

An orca (a large-brained mammal related to the dolphin) knew how to kill a Great White shark, cleverly by flipping it on its back.

I’m not sure for what that’s a metaphor, but I’ll think of something. Hat tip, boingboing.net.