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Scientists discover dolphins have ‘names’

With a reputation for being some of the friendliest and most intelligent animals out the there, dolphins have done it yet again! In a recent four-month study carried out by researchers at the St. Andrews University, dolphins were found to be using names for each other. Not the ‘Tim’, ‘Jim’, ‘Flipper’, kind - but it seems they have signature whistles that they use to identify one another.

During the study, the researchers recorded and played the signature whistles of the group of dolphins, along with various other whistles - including those of animals the dolphins had never seen in their lives. They found that the dolphins only responded when they heard their own signature whistle, by whistling back. If the whistle was of a dolphin from a different pod, they all ignored it.

No two whistles are alike, and it is not known how the young dolphins get their ‘names’. Scientists are not sure if dolphins can use other whistles to refer to other species and abstract concepts.

This is believed to be the first time animals have been documented using names in the wild. The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. I love how this opens up a whole new world of questions and secrets when it comes to animal communication — maybe one day - one day - we’ll even be able to understand what they’re talking about!

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If Celebrities Voiced A GPS

Matt Smith: Oh, very good, you did take that left turn just like I told you! Great job.

Tom Hiddleston: Alright, dear, now- if you can, please take that turn. Oh, you missed it? That's fine. Just make a U-Turn. Bless you.

Daniel Radcliffe: You tried, and therefore I will not criticize you!

Darren Criss: Just take that right up there- shit, I fucked that up- LEFT. LEFT. LEFT!

Benedict Cumberbatch: You're extremely peripatetic, aren't you? I hope our voluble discourse and superlative conversation has alleviated your ennui. Oh fuck, you've missed the turning.

Misha Collins: turn left. And by left I mean right.

Jensen Ackles: god, what am I doing with my life-- I SAID LEFT

Johnny Depp: ehh-err-- I think we should go left.

Jared Padalecki: Oh my god, you guys, I have this great story to tell you. Okay, so it started with me carrying all this luggage like -- oh crap, go left. Go back and then take a right so you can take the left that you should've taken.

Martin Freeman: So, at the next fucking opportunity you're going to take a fucking left. I fucking hate left turns, though, d'y'know what I fucking mean? So actually take a fucking right and just make a few more fucking right turns. Who the fuck invented fucking left turns, anyway? Amanda hates them, too. I'd rather walk, really, you know? Oh, wait, stop here, that looks like a fucking good record store.

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what if instead of calling each other names we referred to each other by our most dominant feature

like ‘hey Nose’ or ‘hey Too Much Eyeliner’

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