Whistle Matching in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

摘要: Dolphin communication is suspected to be complex, on the basis of their call repertoires, cognitive abilities, and ability modify signals through vocal learning. Because difficulties involved in observing recording individual cetaceans, very little known about how they use calls. This report shows that wild, unrestrained bottlenose dolphins learned whistles matching interactions, which an responds a whistle conspecific by emitting same type. Vocal occurred over distances up 580 meters indicative animals addressing each other individually.