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I find this so fascinating. What’s the best way to get up to date in the latest research going on with dolphin communication?

• jvln 9y ago
  Whenever I hear about dolphins intelligence I remember this article http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/scientists-dolphin-intelligence-may-be-overrated-a-924614.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/scientists-dolphin... and a fact from it that the first time dolphins language was heard by a guy under LSD influence. He was so impressed that wrote a book and this way started a myth that dolphins have a language.
  • jpmoyn 9y ago
    That article compares dolphins to chickens and goldfish. While I doubt the level of intelligence that some people attribute to dolphins, I haven't ever seen a goldfish or a chicken do a trained complex acrobatic maneuver for food, or wipe a mark off of its body after recognizing itself in a mirror.
  • jwilk 9y ago
    > When goldfish are placed in a bowl, he explains, they at least try to escape by boldly jumping out, I don't think jumping out of a fishbowl is a particularly smart move... > whereas dolphins that have been captured in nets won't even think of jumping to freedom. What?!
  • pvaldes 9y ago
    Maybe the book was not good, but this does not change the fact that dolphins have dialects, variations to adapt the environment, and can call directly other dolphins using individual names. Many species of cetaceans have languages, for sure. There is a bottlenese, an orcanese and a commondolphinese. Probably more than one of each in fact.