Dolphin species attempt “common language”

Dolphin Crest

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We bring you the latest news in animal cognition:

When two dolphin species come together, they attempt to find a common language, preliminary research suggests.

Bottlenose
and Guyana dolphins, two distantly related species, often come together
to socialise in waters off the coast of Costa Rica.

Both species
make unique sounds, but when they gather, they change the way they
communicate, and begin using an intermediate language.

That raises the possibility the two species are communicating in some way.

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