Marine mammals with highly complex emotional processing systems (8)

I believe the answer is:

dolphins

(Other definitions for dolphins that I've seen before include "Aquatic mammals" , "Beasts" , "Small sociable whales" , "Holds pin for the fish" , "sea creatures" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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