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According to a study just published in the United States, wild bottlenose dolphins each have a very unique way of whistling to recognize and respond to when congener calls them "name". They are also intelligent thought, dolphins have not finished surprising us! This is suggested by the discovery exposed Monday by a new study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. According to the work that had already been released a few months ago, marine mammals would be able to find by calling them by "name".   Like our content? Receive free news and the best video of the day, and enjoy the Consogazette tips to improve your purchasing power More specifically, the wild bottlenose dolphins communicate with one of them whistling special way. And the whistles would differ depending on the congener which it is intended: this would allow them then to not only recognize but also to respond when called. " This is the first real evidence of the existence of names and names in the animal kingdom , "says Stephanie King, the research unit on marine mammals is the main author of this work. Dolphins would then, with men, the only mammals to be called by names (only parrots use names they have learned to call other creatures or objects). This study " draws some very interesting parallels between the means of communication of men and dolphins: everyone knew that this was the case, but it had never been demonstrated experimentally , "notes Stephanie King also cited by AFP. Dolphins which meet only their "name" Thus, about 50% of whistles emitted by a wild dolphin used to identify or to announce his arrival, says the researcher who observed no less than 200 dolphins in the study. But to push further discoveries, scientists have tried to find out how to involve a dolphin hear one of his fellow whistling his own name. With Vincent Janik, co-author of the study, the scientist has recorded a group of dolphins and broadcast the sounds of their different personal whistles, one after the other. Each time the record was just slightly modified to suggest that the name was given by another dolphin. " The animals have reacted when they heard that their whistle , "said the researcher. " Each dolphin then whenever responded very quickly and sometimes several times, and did not react this way to other whistles broadcast . " Evidence for specialists that means of communication dolphins is something acquired property and accurate. Remains to be seen how all this is taking place. According to the researchers, the sound signature could appear in the first months of life of a dolphin.