• Question: Will mankind ever understand or speak dolphin?

    Asked by wizzyg12 to Claire, Matt, Sam on 27 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by diamond03.
    • Photo: Sam Geen

      Sam Geen answered on 27 Jun 2013:

      We’re getting there – people are researching it all the time. For example, we know that dolphins have names, which they use to call other dolphins. Here’s a BBC program about it: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130613-decoding-the-language-of-dolphins

    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 27 Jun 2013:

      Sometimes I really think that in some ways animals are smarter than us! For example, I could have sworn my cat used to understand the things I said, but I had no clue what “meow” meant 🙂

      I think the big difficulty though is that humans and, eg, dolphins would think in different ways. I mean it’s one thing to learn another language when the concepts are the same, but when the basic concepts are completely different must be a lot harder

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