Human/Dolphin translation machine invented!!, page 2


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reply posted on 18-5-2011 @ 09:39 PM by NowanKenubi
reply to post by Josonic


We should call them Delphinus Sapiens Sapiens...

It would be a start.


reply posted on 18-5-2011 @ 09:48 PM by Astyanax
reply to post by srsen

It hasn’t, more’s the pity.

From the OP article:

"We don't even know if dolphins have words," Herzing admits.

The research that claims they have surnames is just as dodgy. Have a google and see for yourself.

The truth is, we don’t yet know whether dolphins can talk at all:

Other (dolphin) communication uses about 30 distinguishable sounds, and although famously proposed by John Lilly in the 1950s, no "dolphin language" has been found. Wikipedia

Still, it would be nice to find another species with which we could communicate in their language. I don’t think we’d be very surprised by what they had to tell us, though. We might be a bit shocked to find that they’re not as nice as we thought they were. For example...

Originally posted by srsen
Dont forget, they have sex for fun too.

Dolphins’ idea of fun sex is often kidnapping followed by gang rape:

Dr. Richard Connor, studying dolphins in Shark Bay in Western Australia, has documented cases of males kidnapping and holding females captive, sometimes for months at a time. National Geographic

Animals are no better or worse than us, really. Perhaps we humans would be a bit less hard on ourselves, and each other, if we all realized that.

edit on 18/5/11 by Astyanax because: there was more to say.



reply posted on 18-5-2011 @ 09:52 PM by NowanKenubi
reply to post by Astyanax


They have to have a language since they can work in groups. You need some form of communication to operate. Whatever it is, it is a language, just like signs is one.


reply posted on 18-5-2011 @ 09:55 PM by stumason
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Whether the irony was intended or not, it was still there

But glad you learnt a new fact! That's what ATS is all about


reply posted on 18-5-2011 @ 09:59 PM by Komodo
Originally posted by dreamingawake
I believe it will help scientists, trainers, keepers and Veterinary staff to see more into their intelligence and what more can they offer as the same as we can offer to them. They seem to want to help out and, very compassionate!
Dolphins Help Rescue Dog
edit on 18-5-2011 by dreamingawake because: (no reason given)


and THIS is the very behavior that really touches my heart, I truly believe that Dolphins are ONLY hostile to humans because we are either invading their privacy or there's danger afoot and they know it's not good for us to be there at that time, so in order to get our attention quickly, they MUST act in a manner to tell us to leave and leave NOW.

This is purely from memory;

I know there's another story of a father and his daughter that were swimming in the ocean and wanted to interact/play with a pod of dolphins but, they responded kind of harshly, (I think the story is on ATS) the pod would keep kinda darting at them, and swimming is circles behind them as if to push them away from the area.

The father, experienced diver, kept looking around to see if there was anything amiss, the water being deep, it couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. About a minute later the entire pod was swimming around them and they couldn't swim in any direction, even trying to get back to the boat, which was some distance away.
Some dolphins swimming very close to them, close enough to touch them, creating a 'barrier' of sorts to stop them from going any where. After about 20 mins of this behavior, they all began to create a larger and larger circle and eventually were back to swimming normally as if to 'let them go'.

The father and daughter got back to the boat as quickly as possible, safe and sound but quite shaken, only to find a very large shark fin crest the water near the exact same place as they were being held by the pod~! (brings tears to my eyes every time i recall this story)

After a bit, the father realized it was a great white, and large~! The pod saved the family from a great white attack that day by creating a circular wall so the shark couldn't detect them, only the dolphins.

IMO, Dolphins are 95% benevolent, 5% malicious (only due to the fact, it's their home they 're protecting or humans)



reply posted on 18-5-2011 @ 10:07 PM by NowanKenubi
About the pleasure of sex in animals lives, we tend to forget that close to 1,500 species, ranging from primates to gut worms, and is well documented for 500 of them. ( Seriously, I didn't know... )

That alone proves sex is not only used for reproduction in animals.

This proves only pigs are pigs...

If we end up talking with dolphins, we could soon see to what extent the laws of marriage will be applied...


reply posted on 18-5-2011 @ 10:11 PM by srsen
Originally posted by NowanKenubi
About the pleasure of sex in animals lives, we tend to forget that close to 1,500 species, ranging from primates to gut worms, and is well documented for 500 of them. ( Seriously, I didn't know... )

That alone proves sex is not only used for reproduction in animals.

This proves only pigs are pigs...

If we end up talking with dolphins, we could soon see to what extent the laws of marriage will be applied...


Huh, i didnt know that either! That's a lot of homosexual animals out there! As we said, just like people. Perhaps that is the message of this thread...:

To treat animals as an equal, because, they are equal!


reply posted on 18-5-2011 @ 10:26 PM by Astyanax
reply to post by NowanKenubi

You need some form of communication to operate. Whatever it is, it is a language, just like signs is one.

Generally, a language is thought to be much more than just a collection of signs.

Another definition sees language as a formal system of symbols governed by grammatical rules combining particular signs with particular meanings. Wikipedia

If ‘some form of communication’ is your definition of language, then dogs, ants and even bacteria would have language. When we say dolphins have language, we mean they have a symbolic and syntactical vocabulary in which the symbols can be arranged in different ways to refer to different objects and conditions in the real world. That’s more than just ‘some form of communication’.
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