- Most dolphin species rely on a wide variety of sounds in their day to day lives. They use sound to find food and navigate, as well as communicate with each other
- Fairly common among many bird species and humans, this ability, termed vocal production learning, makes them quite special amongst mammals
- These signature whistles are exchanged by groups of dolphins when they meet at sea and are used to address each other, similar to how humans use names
Bottlenose Dolphins Use Specific Whistles As Names
11. 19. 14 by Andreea Popescu