UNIT 3 - DOLPHINS
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:27 am•Do dolphins really communicate with each other by means of a language?
The truth about animals and talking is that animals are not able to talk in the same way as we can, but they are able to communicate with each other.One way they do it is by making sounds. They don’t have vocal chords like we do, but they can control muscles in their blowholes to make different noises. By making all these sounds, dolphins can identify themselves to each other. Very recently, scientists have started to believe that dolphins also talk with body language, just like people do! They move their bodies in different ways to mean different things! Their messages could be “I’m hungry!” or “I’m angry!” but scientists are still trying to figure them out.
•How do dolphins help people like Nikki learn to speak?
A dolphin encounter in the wild is an extraordinary experience. The adventure of being face to face in the ocean with a large and wild air-breathing mammal is a powerful one that will not easily be forgotten and that is only given to a minority, especially in our society, where we are mostly living in a controlled environment without direct contact with the wilderness. A wild dolphins is a symbol of freedom. He triggers in us these feelings of joy, excitement, wonder, sometimes awe, even rapture for some. Therapy with dolphins deals with using the strong emotional release of this experience to disrupt social barriers and inhibitions.
•Have dolphins really been trained by the US military?
The United States and Russian militaries have trained and employed oceanic dolphins for several reasons. Such military dolphins have been trained to rescue lost naval swimmers or to locate underwater mines.
•What dolphins have found a place in history?
Mitzi, better know to the world by her stage name, Flipper. Mitzi made the film and the TV series a hit. You will probably surprised to learn that Flipper was a female.
The truth about animals and talking is that animals are not able to talk in the same way as we can, but they are able to communicate with each other.One way they do it is by making sounds. They don’t have vocal chords like we do, but they can control muscles in their blowholes to make different noises. By making all these sounds, dolphins can identify themselves to each other. Very recently, scientists have started to believe that dolphins also talk with body language, just like people do! They move their bodies in different ways to mean different things! Their messages could be “I’m hungry!” or “I’m angry!” but scientists are still trying to figure them out.
•How do dolphins help people like Nikki learn to speak?
A dolphin encounter in the wild is an extraordinary experience. The adventure of being face to face in the ocean with a large and wild air-breathing mammal is a powerful one that will not easily be forgotten and that is only given to a minority, especially in our society, where we are mostly living in a controlled environment without direct contact with the wilderness. A wild dolphins is a symbol of freedom. He triggers in us these feelings of joy, excitement, wonder, sometimes awe, even rapture for some. Therapy with dolphins deals with using the strong emotional release of this experience to disrupt social barriers and inhibitions.
•Have dolphins really been trained by the US military?
The United States and Russian militaries have trained and employed oceanic dolphins for several reasons. Such military dolphins have been trained to rescue lost naval swimmers or to locate underwater mines.
•What dolphins have found a place in history?
Mitzi, better know to the world by her stage name, Flipper. Mitzi made the film and the TV series a hit. You will probably surprised to learn that Flipper was a female.