Sentences with phrase «if signature whistles»
If signature whistles are the main vehicle to transmit identity information, then dolphins should exchange these whistles in contexts where groups or individuals join.
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What if they use a signature whistle to refer to a «third party» or a dolphin that isn't there?»
The dolphins used signature whistles when meeting up with another group, Quick and Janik report online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. What's more, they gave the distinctive whistle only if they actually mingled with the other dolphins.
In this study, we demonstrated that whistle copying does not occur when animals encounter each other initially, which is what we would predict if copied signature whistles are used to address specific individuals.
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The study is publicly accessible without a pay subscription, so if you're curious, check it out: Vocal copying of individually distinctive signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins.