Further Investigation of the Transmission of Arbitrary Environmental Information Between Bottle-Nose Dolphins
Abstract
An attempt was made to establish the critical signal characteristics of sounds emitted and received by a pair of bottle-nose dolphins during a test of their capacity to transmit information concerning the arbitrary features of their environment. The nature of the behavioral processes involved in the animals' emission and reception of these signals was also investigated. It was determined that the signals successfully used by the dolphins to transmit information were apparently the result of specific learning that occurred during the training period leading up to the actual information-transfer tests. There was no evidence to indicate (and much to contra-indicate) that the animals' performance success had derived in any direct way from their 'normal' modes of social interaction.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0845813
Entities
People
- C. L. Anderson
- C. Wall
- J. Bastian
Organizations
- University of California