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Month: September 2016

Language in Dolphins?

Language in Dolphins?

The idea that some other animal might have a language of it’s own, or may be able to learn ours, has fascinated me since I was in middle school. Language studies with the great apes have had an impressive level of success several apes have learned hundreds of signs in sign language. Notable examples include Koko the gorilla, who is supposed to know about 1,000 signs (and loves kittens), and Loulis the chimpanzee, who learned sign language from her mother Washoe…

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Hello world!

Hello world!

I’m creating a blog for my Biological Communications course. I’ll be updating this site several times between now and December. It’s hard to say what the topics will be at this time, aside from animals. Hopefully it will be interesting! Blog entry: 0