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]]>Scientists from the Dolphin Alliance Project learned to distinguish the particular whistles that dolphins make and found that they are actually using specific whistles for individuals. It’s like they are giving names to each other! Also, male dolphins were recently seen slapping each other’s flippers in a high five-like movement.
“Each male keeps his own, individual call, and distinguishes himself from his allies, even when they develop an incredibly strong bond,” said Michael Krützen, a professor of anthropology and evolutionary biology at the University of Zurich.
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]]>There are practically no animal species that doesn’t gather into groups for some reason. Many of them do it for safety, as they are more likely to avoid predators if they form a large body together. Some hang out with the rest only during mating season. Whatever the reason is, we have different names for different animal groups, and these are some of the strangest ones.
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]]>The post It’s Just Been Discovered That Dolphins Name Each Other appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Scientists from the Dolphin Alliance Project learned to distinguish the particular whistles that dolphins make and found that they are actually using specific whistles for individuals. It’s like they are giving names to each other! Also, male dolphins were recently seen slapping each other’s flippers in a high five-like movement.
“Each male keeps his own, individual call, and distinguishes himself from his allies, even when they develop an incredibly strong bond,” said Michael Krützen, a professor of anthropology and evolutionary biology at the University of Zurich.
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]]>The post These Are Some of the Strangest Collective Animal Names appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>There are practically no animal species that doesn’t gather into groups for some reason. Many of them do it for safety, as they are more likely to avoid predators if they form a large body together. Some hang out with the rest only during mating season. Whatever the reason is, we have different names for different animal groups, and these are some of the strangest ones.
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