Animal communication: do dolphins have names?

Curr Biol. 2006 Aug 8;16(15):R598-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.07.002.

Abstract

A new study of contact calls in dolphins shows that individuals can recognize one another using information encoded in the frequency modulation pattern of these calls, in the absence of general voice characteristics.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Dolphins / physiology*
  • Organ Size
  • Recognition, Psychology / physiology*
  • Social Behavior*
  • Vocalization, Animal*