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Flipper was only his stage name… May 18, 2006

Posted by Ron in Animal cognition, Cognitive Science News.
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As we discussed in class, researchers in Scotland have shown that dolphins use whistle sequences that act as their unique identifiers — in other words, they appear to name themselves. They are the only animals (aside from parrots) known to have this behavior.

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