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A dolphin fact that blows the mind.

They speak images

         

Sgt_Kickaxe

6:25 am on Oct 28, 2022 (gmt 0)



Dolphins have a form of echo location. They can ping a sound off an object and create a sort of visual representation of the object. The speed of sound is much faster under water than through the air(water can't compress) and it allows dolphins to "see" what their eyes can't at long range.

Scientists have recently observed dolphins repeating the echo to other dolphins allowing other dolphins to see the image too.

Dolphins speak images - Mind blown.

graeme_p

12:10 pm on Oct 28, 2022 (gmt 0)

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If you really want your mind blown in a rather less cuddly way, read up on dolphins sexual behaviour.

lucy24

5:57 pm on Oct 28, 2022 (gmt 0)

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It has always baffled me that people studying dolphins’ capacity for language insist on doing so with visual devices, as if they were birds or apes.

graeme_p

10:40 pm on Dec 12, 2022 (gmt 0)

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Good point. I did not know that - I had always assumed they would use audio of some sort (as well).