Via Karen Conlin. We have met alien intelligences, and they are… really cheerful.
Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky
Two Black Sea bottlenose dolphins, called Yasha and Yana, were recorded talking to each other in a pool at the Karadag Nature Reserve, in Feodosia, Russia. Reserchers found that each dolphin would listen to a sentence of pulses without interruption, before replying. “Dolphins alter the volume and frequency of pulsed clicks to form individual ‘words’ which they string together into sentences in much the same way that humans speak.” “Lead researcher Dr Vyacheslav Ryabov, said: ‘Essentially, this exchange resembles a conversation between two people.'”
“:Hey, want to freak out the humans?”
“Sure, what have you got in mind?”
“Let’s talk like humans. We’ll take turns, instead of talking at the same time like we always do.”
“Hah! Sounds great. I’m in.”