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Dolphins communicate with each other by name

November 16th, 2007 by Klintron

Dolphins communicate like humans by calling each other by “name”, scientists in Fife have found.

The mammals are able to recognise themselves and other members of the same species as individuals with separate identities, using whistles.

St Andrews University researchers studying in Florida discovered bottlenose dolphins used names rather than sound to identify each other.

Full Story: BBC.

(via Lupa).

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