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Breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language

 
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Breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language
Researchers in the United States and Great Britain have made a significant breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language in which a series of eight objects have been sonically identified by dolphins. Team leader, Jack Kassewitz of SpeakDolphin.com, ‘spoke’ to dolphins with the dolphin’s own sound picture words. Dolphins in two separate research centers understood the words, presenting convincing evidence that dolphins employ a universal “sono-pictorial” language of communication.




The team was able to teach the dolphins simple and complex sentences involving nouns and verbs, revealing that dolphins comprehend elements of human language, as well as having a complex visual language of their own. Kassewitz commented, “We are beginning to understand the visual aspects of their language, for example in the identification of eight dolphin visual sounds for nouns, recorded by hydrophone as the dolphins echolocated on a range of submersed plastic objects.”




The British member of the research team, John Stuart Reid, used a CymaScope instrument, a device that makes sound visible, to gain a better understanding of how dolphins see with sound. He imaged a series of the test objects as sono-pictorially created by one of the research dolphins.


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hf
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Re: Breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language
I bet they were saying something to the effect of:

"these pesky humans"
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I bet they were saying something to the effect of:

"these pesky humans"
 Quoting: wildhoney


ohyeah
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"...so long and thanks for all the fish!"

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"...so long and thanks for all the fish!"

shark
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Re: Breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language
Fortunately, they don't have hands with five fingers, like we and the apes have.

And fortunately, the apes don't have the same inteligence of the dolphins.

The problem starts if the dolphins and the apes make an agreement to fight us...
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Re: Breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language
that is pin worthy in my opinion
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Re: Breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language
that is pin worthy in my opinion
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I agree.
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Dolphins are very clever and so cute mammals (and usually friendly to us). I hope some aliens are like them.
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Dolphins are very clever and so cute mammals (and usually friendly to us). I hope some aliens are like them.
 Quoting: Ostria1


They don't have very good beards though.
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We know so little about them,elephants and whales too,bet they could teach us a few things about living in harmony with nature.
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'a universal “sono-pictorial” language'

Boo!


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'a universal “sono-pictorial” language'

Boo!


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the 2 things that the dolphins really said was #1.we're glad T.V.Land is still showing re-runs of Flipper and #2.put 2k on Miami against Oakland for Sunday.
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Re: Breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language
I bet they were saying something to the effect of:

"these pesky humans"
 Quoting: wildhoney


"pfff, stupid monkeys!"
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Re: Breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language
But... most of our research on dolphins (and other animals as well) started for military use. So I think that we proaly are the most uncivilised animals on this earth.

Last Edited by Ostria1 on 12/01/2011 06:10 AM
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so I guess the argument that speech is the one thing that separates humans from animals doesn`t count anyomre..
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Very smart animals. Nice one OP.
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see this pic ? [link to upload.wikimedia.org]

= 4 hemispheres, we have 2

great read also here: [link to www.tony5m17h.net]
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Re: Breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language
so I guess the argument that speech is the one thing that separates humans from animals doesn`t count anyomre..
 Quoting: Nacht im Walde


Speech depends on the physiology of the animals. It is the physiology of the larynx and the rest that allow us to speak (as they allow us to breath on demand).
There is a region in the human brain which is called the Broca's area, which scientists say it is the center of the language ability. We have it and chimpanzees have it too, so they are capable of speaking but they dont have the appropriate larynx to do it (ours it low and this helps)

I read that scientists have done brain scans in dolphins too and they have a Broca's area analog to produce speech and possibly a Wernicke's area analog, which is presumably what they use for understanding the contrived sign language of scientists (though it seems they understand whistles more than sign language).
Some also have an analog to our larynx which is their nose. The bottlenose dolphin has six air sacs that allow it to communicate through whistles. What is lacks, which we possess, is dexterity (probably they mean that the cant control different sounds as well as we do).

here are some information on this
[link to century-neuroscience.blogspot.com]
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we should move against the japanese people while
we've got the muscle...

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