Dolphins

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How would you like to be able to ask an animal how they are doing and be able to communicate with it? Well even though it sounds kind of goofy, the way things are going right now we should be able to do just that to some extent with dolphins. I knew a little bit about them and did a small amount of research. However, I never went as in depth as I did for this speech. The purpose of this essay is to better inform you on a few of the many things dolphins are capable of doing and what we are doing to them. First Dolphins are very and almost continuously vocal. Second, because dolphins are highly collective and repeat among themselves with a wide range of sounds, it has been supposed that they might have an almost human like intelligence. Finally, what are we doing to the dolphins?
Dolphins are very and almost continuously vocal. Dolphins produce two kinds of sounds. One is a mechanism just below the blow-hole allows them to release short, pulse-type sounds, called clicks sound like a buzz. used as a form of sonar, which allow the animal to sense obstacles, other dolphins, fish, and even tiny bits of matter in the water. This is called Echolocation and the military uses dolphins and this ability to help them find water minds. Another type of sound: a high pitched whistle of squeal. Dolphins use the whistles to communicate a particular emotional state and thus influence the behavior of other dolphins. Denote alarm or sexual excitement.
Because dolphins are highly social and vocalize among themselves with a wide range of sounds, it has been supposed that they might have an almost human like intelligence. With the ability of dolphins to learn and perform complex tasks in confinement, their continuous communications with one another, and their ability, through training, to roughly copy the sounds of a few human words, some people have suggested that the animals might be capable of learning a true language and communicating with humans. Most...