Individual recognition in wild bottlenose dolphins: a field test using playback experiments
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The behavior of the resident community of wild bottlenose dolphins of the waters of Sarasota, FL was observed to determine if their individual signature whistles are meant for individual recognition. A number of playback experiments were done. Results indicate that bottle nose dolphins living in this type of environment have the capacity to differentiate the whistles of dolphins familiar to them. Mothers are observed to react the strongest to the whistles of their offsprings.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1999
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Nonrandom patterns of vigilance in flocks of the greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
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Alertness of greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) towards predator attacks, while foraging in a Venezuelan lagoon, is studied.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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