Animal Sociality (feat. Cynthia Willett)
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Whale and Dolphin Culture
Whales from different ocean basins who sing the same whale song do so with their own regional dialect. They intonate differently, and that' just because they've spent significant time apart from one another. So there are accents dialects in whale communities. There is this really fascinating example that i still can't wrap my head around, which is the case of dolphin communities who co fish with human communities. And the two communities have basically created this trans species cultural unit that has formed this symbiotic relationship.
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