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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

That's hella cool. I remember talk as far back as the 90s that dolphins might actually have a meaningful language, but I thought those hypotheses just ran into dead ends.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

A lot of research like thay runs into dead ends. I think the issue is that their vocalisations are in such a broad range. But the study that I got the coles notes version indicated that dolphins may have named the researchers.