>There is no reason to suspect that whales even use language. Sure there is. 1. We've yet to rule it out in dolphins/orcas/whales etc like we have in lots of

>There is no reason to suspect that whales even use language. Sure there is. 1. We've yet to rule it out in dolphins/orcas/whales etc like we have in lots of other animals. That alone is a pretty big deal. That's reason for that. And there's research that show pretty conclusively that dolphins understand syntax. One has to wonder why have a brain that understands syntax but doesn't use it naturally. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342706263_Language_Research_Dolphins https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342706263_Language_... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0010027784900039 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/001002...