Dolphins...
I'm listening to the radio on the way home last night and they are talking about dolphins. Apparently researchers have proven that they have personal identities and call each other by name.
First of all - how in the hell have they proven that? Have we cracked the dolphin language? Have we deciphered the clicks to that extent? If so, how cool is THAT? How far could we be from actually carrying on a conversation with them? Which school will be the first to offer a degree in Interspecies Communication (I'm majoring in dolphin and minoring in ape).
The reporter on the radio continued to say that not only do dolphins call each other by name when two dolphins are talking, they can also refer to a third, non-present dolphin. This changes a lot of things. It means they are even more highly advanced that we thought. It means they can gossip. It means that those cute little Flipper clicks with the head toss that we humans thought sounded like giggling - it really is. They are laughing at us.
First of all - how in the hell have they proven that? Have we cracked the dolphin language? Have we deciphered the clicks to that extent? If so, how cool is THAT? How far could we be from actually carrying on a conversation with them? Which school will be the first to offer a degree in Interspecies Communication (I'm majoring in dolphin and minoring in ape).
The reporter on the radio continued to say that not only do dolphins call each other by name when two dolphins are talking, they can also refer to a third, non-present dolphin. This changes a lot of things. It means they are even more highly advanced that we thought. It means they can gossip. It means that those cute little Flipper clicks with the head toss that we humans thought sounded like giggling - it really is. They are laughing at us.
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