by Crispin Boyer no date given
Dolphins do talk, but not the way we do. A baby dolphin is called a calf. One day a dolphin and her calf talked to each other over an underwater audio link. A strange thing is that they probably knew who they were talking to. Dolphins actually talk to each other quite a bit. However we do not know what exactly they are saying. Dolphins are really smart. In some ways dolphins are similar to us. For example, they are also mammals so that means they have to go to the surface to breath, but they can hold their breath for about ten minutes. Scientists are learning about dolphins more and more, but we still cannot speak dolphin or really understand it.
I think it is really amazing that a dolphin and her calf talked to each other over an audio link. One of the questions I have is that could the mother see her calf? Another question I had is about when will we be able to understand dolphins when they talk? It is really interesting how dolphins can hold their breath for ten whole minutes. How can they hold their breath that long?
These are very good inquiry questions. Did you find out the answers to them?
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