Decoding Dolphin Communication

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Built an underwater keyboard (Apple II era, fiber optics) and finds dolphins imitate computer whistles after very few exposures — e.g. 19 exposures for the “ball” whistle, 9 for “rub,” 2 for “ring” — then start producing those whistles tied to the matching object. Sessions show spontaneous productive use and a putative combinatorial signal when two toys are played with together. Followups use drones for behavior–sound alignment and a camera-based touchscreen for enrichment; original tapes remain analog and need digitizing.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 5:37Bottlenose dolphins are complex
3. 7:38Decoding
4. 11:20Striking parallels in vocal learning In humans, birds, & dolphins

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