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Comprehension of sentences by bottlenosed dolphins
Cognition, 1984Abstract The ability of two bottlenosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to understand imperative sentences expressed in artificial languages was studied. One dolphin (Phoenix) was tutored in an acoustic language whose words were computer-generated sounds presented through an underwater speaker.
L M, Herman, D G, Richards, J P, Wolz
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Congenital Scoliosis of a Bottlenose Dolphin
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2011There are many reports of cetaceans with deformed and twisted bodies. Skeletal pathology descriptions have shown changes to axial skeletons because of injury, trauma, or disease. We present a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) that shows characteristic patterns of congenital skeletal deformity, including malformed vertebrae, ribs, and sternum ...
Ruth, DeLynn +3 more
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Visual Problem-Solving in a Bottlenose Dolphin
Science, 1964A captive 8-year-old dolphin, well adapted to contact with human beings, was tested by the discrimination method for underwater perception of visual forms or patterns. The animal successfully discriminated 21 of the 25 pairs of stimuli presented. After having learned a particular combination, the dolphin was immediately able to respond to different but
W N, KELLOGG, C E, RICE
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Bottlenose dolphin bone density
2020Bone mineral density (BMD) in the pectoral flipper of the common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, was examined to address the need to define a comprehensive target site for clinical osteodensitometric assessment and to establish ranges of observed bone density values for this species using museum-archived dry bone specimens.
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Bottlenose dolphins perceive object features through echolocation
Nature, 2003How organisms (including people) recognize distant objects is a fundamental question. The correspondence between object characteristics (distal stimuli), like visual shape, and sensory characteristics (proximal stimuli), like retinal projection, is ambiguous.
Heidi E, Harley +2 more
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Language Studies with Bottlenosed Dolphins
2004Louis Herman conducts his dolphin research in tanks located at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii. Visitors ascend stairs into a tower above two seawater tanks, one situated to the north and another to the south of the structure. The tanks are circular, 50 feet in diameter.
William A. Hillix, Duane M. Rumbaugh
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Bisalbuminemia in a bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Experientia, 1979Bisalbuminemia was found in a female bottlenosed dolphin (Turiops truncatus) on routine examination. There is no association with disease.
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A DNA vaccine against dolphin morbillivirus is immunogenic in bottlenose dolphins
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 2007The immunization of exotic species presents considerable challenges. Nevertheless, for facilities like zoos, animal parks, government facilities and non-profit conservation groups, the protection of valuable and endangered species from infectious disease is a growing concern.
Kerrie, Vaughan +6 more
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