Dolphins Use Similar Speech Mechanism to Humans

The whistling sounds that dolphins make are not true whistles, a new study, published online in Biology Letters on Sept. 7, found.
Dolphins Use Similar Speech Mechanism to Humans
Dolphin 'whistles' are actually vibrations produced in the nasal cavity, probably using structures called phonic lips. Stephanie Lam/The Epoch Times
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Dolphin 'whistles' are actually vibrations produced in the nasal cavity, probably using structures called phonic lips. (Stephanie Lam/The Epoch Times)
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