Killer whales (also known as orcas) are members of the dolphin family, but that doesn’t mean that they speak exactly the same language. Orcas communicate through a series of clicks, whistles, and pulsed calls. Bottlenose dolphins produce similar sounds, but in different proportions -- basically, their vocalizations consist mostly of clicks and whistles, rather than pulsed calls. When scientists at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute analyzed the vocalizations of both species after they had been living together for several years, they discovered that the killer whales had begun to mimic the dolphins’ vocal cadences.
Now you're speaking my language:
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This is great news! I love that we are not the only group intermingling. |