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A Dolphin By Any Other Name

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what's-in-a-name dept.

SloppyElvis writes "CNN is reporting that scientists have proven that Dolphins can communicate with each other by name. From the article: 'researchers synthesized signature whistles with the caller's voice features removed and played them to dolphins through an underwater speaker' to which the mammals responded. This form of identification in language was previously only known to exist in the human world." Thankfully they still haven't evolved opposable thumbs.

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  1. *sigh* by HunterZ · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Science can't prove anything, it can only disprove. I hate when popular media word things like that.

    On a related note, what the heck does "clinically proven" mean?

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