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Dolphins know to call one another by name
A study published Wednesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B explains that bottlenose dolphins have been observed calling one another by name, in a groundbreaking discovery that extends a behavior previously only seen in humans to a member of the animal kingdom.
Researchers have known for some time that dolphins have unique, individual whistles that identify themselves to fellow dolphins nearby, but what caught the ear of researcher Stephanie King, a research fellow at University of St. Andrews, was entirely new.
“Animals produced copies [of the unique whistles] when they were separated from a close associate and this supports our belief that dolphins copy another animal’s signature whistle when they want to reunite with that specific individual,” she told Discovery News.
Supporting research included audio recordings of wild dolphins from Sarasota Bay, Florida, taken between 1984 and 2009. Four captive dolphins were also used as a focus group. Researchers discovered that all of the dolphins exhibited the same trait: each developed its own signature sound, and others called them by it.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/20/st…r-by-name/
2013-02-20 12:25:39
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