February 03, 2009

Dolphin Sign Language



I really think that this is incredible. Sometimes, when people are trying really hard to figure out what a particular animal can or can't thing about... well, I care, because I'm a geek... but I am still a little annoyed by how important the researchers think it is and wonder how much money is going to it, etc.

With this clip that isn't the case. I find it really fascinating. If you study languages you'll know that these concepts really aren't that basic. I'd like to see something comparing them to chimps with this sort of thing, and I'd also like to see where, if anywhere, this progresses to in 5-10 years. They seem to be making much more progress than most of these studies.

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