{"page":"\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n\nVideo\n
\n

\nCan We 'Communicate' With Dolphins?\n

\n
\n
\nGet Free Access for 10 Days!\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
×
\n\n\n
\n\nPublisher:\n\nScience ABC\n\n\n
\n
\nOne of the first recorded attempts by a human to establish communication with dolphins was in the 1960s. The US Navy, along with researchers in Hawaii, devised an acoustic communication interface for that exact purpose.The system they...\nOne of the first recorded attempts by a human to establish communication with dolphins was in the 1960s. The US Navy, along with researchers in Hawaii, devised an acoustic communication interface for that exact purpose.

The system they used was mapped to match the dolphin whistle contour with a human vowel. A computer was used to translate the combinations of human vowels to generate sinusoidal dolphin whistles. Eventually, the dolphins learned to respond to 30+ command strings given to them by humans using five-word sentence structures.

Denise Herzing, a behavioral biologist, along with a team of researchers, are trying to crack the code to communicate with dolphins as a part of the Wild Dolphin Project. For almost three decades, they have been studying dolphins and trying to establish communication with them in the shallow sandbanks of the Bahamas, just east of Florida.\n
\n
\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Resource Details

\n
\n
\n
\n
Curator Rating
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Media Length
\n
4:03
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Grade
Pre-K - Higher Ed
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Subjects
Science
7 more...
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Media Type
Instructional Videos
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Source:
\n
\nScienceABC\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Date
\n
2024
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n\n
Language
English
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Audiences
For Teacher Use
2 more...
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Usage Permissions
Fine Print: Educational Use
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Additional Materials

\n
\n\nSign in or Join Now
\" data-title=\"Get Full Access\" data-container=\"body\" rel=\"popover\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"/subscription/new\">Video Transcript\n
\n
\n\nSign in or Join Now
\" data-title=\"Get Full Access\" data-container=\"body\" rel=\"popover\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"/subscription/new\">Video Preview\n
\n
\n
\n

Concepts

\n
\n
communication, creatures, scientists, dominance, time, dolphins, years, species
\n
\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Additional Tags

\n
\n
is it illegal to communicate with dolphins, can dolphins communicate with humans, why is it illegal to communicate with dolphins, can dolphins understand humans, communicating with dolphins, can we communicate with dolphins, talking to dolphins, can humans communicate with dolphins, can we talk to dolphins, how do dolphins communicate with humans, how to talk to dolphins, talk to dolphins, cetaceans, how smart are dolphins, odontocetes, encephalization quotient, mirror test, language, establish, keyboards, body, verbal, human, share
\n
\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Classroom Considerations

\n
Best For: Explaining a topic
Video is ad-free
\n
\n
\n

Educator Ratings

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n\nShow resource details\n
\n
\n\" data-title=\"Get Full Access\" data-container=\"body\" rel=\"popover\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Play video: Can We 'Communicate' With Dolphins?\" href=\"/subscription/new\">\"Can\n\n
\n
\n
\n\n\n\n"}