This article talks about Denise L.
Herzing, a dolphin researcher. She
studies the way dolphins communicate with each other, and is hoping that in the
future dolphins will be able to communicate with humans. In the past, dolphins
have taken commands from humans, and we have given the rewards of food, but
there has never been a direct two-way communication. Herzing has been documenting the actions of three
generations of dolphins in the Bahamas.
She still documents these dolphins today, and has been since
she graduated from Oregon State.
These videos have shown us many things about dolphins, including their
courtship, how they play, and how mothers forage for food for their young. Scientists have determined what the
dolphin's different sounds mean.
They know that whistles are for identifying things, clicks are used to
navigate, and Burt pulses are a mixture of the two. Scientists hope this two-way communication system will be
running by next year, and it will use an underwater computer that will both
give off and identify sounds.
Divers will hold two objects, and when the computer plays a certain
sound, they hope dolphins will identify certain objects with sounds.
This is very important to our
society. Once we are able to
communicate with them, we can better understand their habits like migrations,
mating, and their food sources.
Once we understand these things, we will be able to protect them.
This
article was well written, and it brought the most important points across. I liked how it not only gave the main
researchers comments, and it included the comments of other scientists. This gave many different opinions on
the topic, and it helped me understand it better. I do
think that the article could have talked a little more about the process of the
communication, but overall, I think it brought across a very interesting
topic.
I think that Jack did a great job of reviewing the article. Jack's review was clear, concise, and gave all the important facts. I think that Jack did a good job of explaining the details of the experiments, and he made it clear exactly what the researchers were doing and what they were trying to accomplish. I also think that Jack did an excellent job of explaining Denise L. Herzing's importance in this research.
ReplyDeleteI think that Jack could have made his review better by elaborating on the second paragraph and explained more the importance of this research. Also, I think that Jack could have balanced out the first paragraph more and given a little more detail about the research itself and a little less background information.
Jack's entire view was very surprising to me. I was shocked to find out that we were able to communicate with dolphin's at all, let alone being able to communicate with them fully in a year. This was very enlightening.
I think that Jack did an excellent job review the article. Jack was able to portray exactly what the scientist were researching and what they were trying to accomplish. It was very clear, concise, and it gave all the important facts about the article. He was able to have a summary that made you want to actually go and read the article.
ReplyDeleteI think that Jack could have done a better job in describing the importance of this research and why we would be interested in this. Also in the first paragraph, Jack talks about some things like videos that were a little out of context because were not able to see the videos unless we go and find it.
Jack’s review was very interesting to me. I knew that dolphins are very smart creatures but I was surprised to hear about this research. While I was reading this article I kept thinking of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” where the dolphins are one of the smartest creatures on earth.