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Offline David In Indy

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Even Animals Have Accents!
« on: May 24, 2007, 07:17:02 pm »
This is so cute!  :D


Dolphins have different 'accents'

BANGOR, Wales (Reuters) -- Dolphins living off the coast of Wales whistle, bark and groan in a different dialect from dolphins off the western coast of Ireland, scientists have discovered.



Different physical environments might have contributed to the mammals developing distinctive sets of vocalizations or "dialects", said Simon Berrow from the Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation.

Berrow supervised a master's thesis by student Ronan Hickey at University of Wales, Bangor, who analyzed 1,882 whistles from the dolphins in the Shannon estuary and bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay in Wales.

The study found 32 different sound categories, of which eight were only produced by the Shannon animals.

"The idea that the sounds are different is not a bad notion -- you'd expect the information had to be different given the diversity of the areas where they reside," Berrow said, adding he would use the data to create a dictionary of sounds and pursue the research further, should time and money allow.



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Re: Even Animals Have Accents!
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2007, 12:45:31 am »
Fascinating David...so a dolphin from Hawaii might have a different accent and dialect than a dolphin from Southern California or South America and different yet again from one found in the Carribean or from Wales or South Africa.  Imagine that...WOW  ;)  I love that thought...Dolphins are so very intelligent do you know  Why are dolphins more clever than humans?















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Re: Even Animals Have Accents!
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2007, 12:48:18 am »

Within 3 hours they can train a man to stand at the side of a pool and feed them fish!

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You're right Dottie! I never thought about it like that!  :D
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Re: Even Animals Have Accents!
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2007, 04:00:09 am »

Here are two dolphins with completely different accents, David!   :D

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Re: Even Animals Have Accents!
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2007, 04:08:55 am »
a dolphine with an irish accent.. lovely!
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