Dolphin Accents
Dolphins living off the coast of Wales whistle, bark and groan in a different dialect from dolphins off the western coast of Ireland, scientists have discovered.
Different physical environments might have contributed to the mammals developing distinctive sets of vocalizations or “dialects”, said Simon Berrow from the Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation.
Berrow supervised a master’s thesis by student Ronan Hickey at University of Wales, Bangor, who analyzed 1,882 whistles from the dolphins in the Shannon estuary and bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay in Wales.
I wonder if Irish dolphins have a bit of the blarney about them.
It’s never a good thing when the BBC or CNN tries to do science:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004512.html
Posted by on 05/30 at 01:12 PMHa ha--not surprised.
Posted by on 05/30 at 02:31 PM
