Oh yeah. Orcas. The other highly intelligent, highly social apex predators that haven't graduated from sexual violence for domination and torturing lesser creatures for fun.
You are fun at BDSM parties.
They are highly capable, intelligent and enjoy violence for the sake of it.
Give them limbs and opposable thumbs and they would be just like us.
There's absolutely no reason to project any kind of higher, more connected, more honest natural wisdom onto them.
(i mean that, im not being rude)