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Each and every dolphin has a different
sound just like you and me, a sound
that other dolphins recognize as a
particular individual. Even a new baby dolphin, (calf), can detect it's
mother's whistle within the pod soon after birth.
Utilizing their blowholes, air sacks and
valves, dolphins can emit a very wide variety of sounds. In fact, the
frequency levels range 10 times beyond what humans can hear!
This system is called
"Echolocation", or "Sonar", just like what a submarine uses
to navigate while underwater. Yet the dolphins sonar is much more advanced
than human technology and can pin point exact information about it's
surroundings ranging from size, distance and even the nature of the object.
Dolphin Speech is so complex that the
sounds even cross the species barriers and enable different kinds of dolphins to
communicate. They have been known to instruct each other as well as
receive instructions and act accordingly.
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