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Singing Dolphins Do Batman
The results of two scientific studies have shown that dolphins are capable of recognizing rhythms and pitch and are able to reproduce them. In order to best demonstrate this ability the scientists chose the epic, Batman theme song and were able to teach a shortened version to the dolphins who reproduced it in response to certain stimuli.
let me know when they can do "free bird."
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Birds do this too, and elephants, and probable many other animals that you might want to kill time by studying scientifically.
There's some bloody bird outside my bedroom window that has a natural ability to memorize the latest ringtone on my mobile phone whenever I change it. 6am in the morning I jump out of bed thinking my phone is ringing (I'm waiting on some important calls)
Reminds me of this poem
I woke early one morning,
The earth lay cool and still
When suddenly a tiny bird
Perch on my window sill,
He sang a song so lovely
So carefree and so gay,
That slowly all my troubles
Began to slip away.
He sang of far off places
Of laughter and of fun,
It seemed his very trilling,
brought up the morning sun.
I stirred beneath the covers
Crept slowly out of bed,
And gently lowered the window
And crushed his little head.
I am not a morning person
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What a man in a batsuit and a sea creature do together is their business and they can tape it and post it on the internet if they want to
So, the dolphins can "sing" the Batman theme... I wonder how long it will take before they start "singing" "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish"
Navicula hydraulica plena anguilarum est. Omnes castelli tuus nostri sunt. Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta.
Somewhere, an ornithologist read that article and died inside...
... assuming flipper has a sense of humour he'll also laugh his head off as the swimmers run screaming up the shore.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
Screw that! you know the next step is to hook these dolphins up to sentry robots armed with machine guns. Yeah, who's laughing now, sharks with frickin laser beams strapped to their heads?
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I, for one, welcome our new sea overlords. ;)
-- Rastignac was here.
Screw that! Let's hook them up with sonar and lasers.
Scott Swezey
However, if they were reporting dolphings jumping backwards through a hoop while whistling the Star-Spangled Banner, then I'd be concerned.
Oh you clearly don't understand the headline. The Dolphins didn't sing the Batman theme song. They did Batman. More specifically, they did Adam West. I hear he quite enjoyed it.
"Hey, I thought you said Troy McClure was dead."
"No, what I said was: "He sleeps with the fishes".
Lars T.
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Whoever owns the rights to the Batman song should be filing suit any minute now... take the dolphins for all the tuna they have.
Meh!
Let me know when they can do the JAWS theme.
Imagine swimming in Florida waters and just hearing the JAWS theme with fins approaching you...
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." -Nim Chimpsky