Singing Dolphins Do Batman 168
The results of two scientific studies have shown that dolphins are capable of recognizing rhythms and pitch and are able to reproduce them. In order to best demonstrate this ability the scientists chose the epic, Batman theme song and were able to teach a shortened version to the dolphins who reproduced it in response to certain stimuli.
meh (Score:4, Funny)
Jaws theme tune.... (Score:5, Funny)
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So long and thanks for all the fish
So sad that it should come to this
We tried to warn you all but oh dear... oh dear...
You might not share our intellect
Which might explain your disrespect
For all the natural wonders that grow around you...
So long so long so long and thanks... for all the fish...
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JAWS (Score:4, Funny)
Let me know when they can do the JAWS theme.
Imagine swimming in Florida waters and just hearing the JAWS theme with fins approaching you...
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"No, what I said was: "He sleeps with the fishes".
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I also hear of marriages to snakes and dogs [canadiancontent.net].
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Dolphins are more intelligent than humans. Why shouldn't they be intelligent enough to give consent to - well, if not marriage, at least sex? It's like on Star Trek when humans marry an aliens, only the physiological differences are greater. Also, you don't share a language. (Hmm, maybe it's more like marrying a Russian mail order bride or something.)
Yes, it IS freaky, but quite frankly, has anybody asked the dolphin? He may well have an opinion on the subject.
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Here's a more recent article about the same thing. They've moved past just Batman.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-disne
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Or, maybe it was the intent of repeatedly playing the 'Batman' theme song would possibly morph them into rabid, underwater killing machines?
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Birds do this too (Score:5, Funny)
Birds do this too, and elephants, and probable many other animals that you might want to kill time by studying scientifically.
There's some bloody bird outside my bedroom window that has a natural ability to memorize the latest ringtone on my mobile phone whenever I change it. 6am in the morning I jump out of bed thinking my phone is ringing (I'm waiting on some important calls)
Reminds me of this poem
I woke early one morning,
The earth lay cool and still
When suddenly a tiny bird
Perch on my window sill,
He sang a song so lovely
So carefree and so gay,
That slowly all my troubles
Began to slip away.
He sang of far off places
Of laughter and of fun,
It seemed his very trilling,
brought up the morning sun.
I stirred beneath the covers
Crept slowly out of bed,
And gently lowered the window
And crushed his little head.
I am not a morning person
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Make it do the Crazy Frog!
(For those who don't know what I'm talking about, you're lucky. The horror, the horror...)
Re:Birds do this too (Score:5, Funny)
Shut the fuck up!
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I used to have a blackbird that would routinely pirch on my television aerial, about five metres from my window. Right show-off. He didn't stop with ring-tones and car-alarms, oh no, he'd nicked a ruddy fax machine and learnt that off by heart as well. I'm sure I he stood up there negotiating PPP connections. With apologies to the Wurzels:
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A friend of mine had a pair of mockingbirds that would sit outside his window and do a nice imitation of a car alarm bright and early in the morning. They were clever little buggers.
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Back when I had a girlfriend living with me, she had a parakeet. She taught this parakeet the Andy Griffith theme song and the Addams Family theme song. They were pretty accurate renditions, too.
Okay, the article says this is
Dolphins singing? (Score:2)
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I have a dog that can growl "sausages" (Score:1)
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Or, to add a bad car analogy
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“Delphin” is actually closer to the original Greek delphin, Latin delphinus; if you had your OED handy, you'd see that it was used right up until the seventeenth century* when “dolphin” took over under the influence of Louis XV.
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* 1633 P. FLETCHER Pisc. Ecl. VII. xiii. 47 The lively Delphins dance, and brisly Seales give eare.
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"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"
Excuses,
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I'm just sayin'..
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin [wikipedia.org]
Yes, you may be right with regard to "delphinic". But the stupidity involved in regarding dolphins as fish beats my ignorance with regard to the English language.
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He meant fishy. As in "There's no way they could teach normal dolphins to sing Batman so there must be something fishy about this ones".
Saying that dolphins are fish is like saying that bats are birds!
[Though some birds are actually mammals, but that's a whole different class of birds]
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And to clarify, by "live in the sea", I mean "evolved to live in the sea". Since a swimmer is not evolved to live in the sea, nad tpyically lives on the land, they're not fish.
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And no, I'm not providing links and exhaustive proof, this is
also, birds frequently fly in planes, does that make them people?
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Although we have established that you've got something against birds....
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Welcome to the offspring of a lawyer or such, our new overlords.
They can turn mammals into fish. Now what do you expect they can do with open source?
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I just missed the ":)" (about to prepare a flame). You beat me, however, I am not in a real good condition. No real insult intended, though. OOps. BTW, just curious like a cat, what nationality?
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However, rational argument does not apply no more.
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Dolphins do Batman (Score:4, Funny)
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Obligatory Hitchhiker's Guide Reference... (Score:2, Funny)
Other song options (Score:1)
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Right after they see the intro to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", I presume.
birdsongs (Score:3, Funny)
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Dude, why does everybody on Slashdot think they know so much more than some dolt they interview for an article. I mean, I have almost never seen an article posted on
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It's just pretentious, rehashed science, that's all. I have no grand opinion on the nature of music.
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If drastic changes are made to the tempo or pitch of a bird song, would it still be recognized by the bird?
That is the point of the study. The dolphins recognized the rhythm, regardless of pitch or tempo.
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It was pure luck (Score:3, Insightful)
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look out! (Score:1)
How about Penguins and Cats? (Score:1)
About dolphins (Score:5, Interesting)
I've worked with them, and have good friends that have worked with them more than I have.
A couple of 'cool' facts:
When you meet someone for the first time, you shake their hand and look them in the eye, right?
Dolpins 'beam' you with their 'sonar'. They tend to think that people with an implant (pacemaker), screws or pins (from surgery), etc. are 'cooler' because they are different from most humans they meet.
They can tell if a woman is pregnant, often before she knows herself, and they understand what it means. One friend of mind works with some 'wild' dolphins in the Florida keys. Every once in awhile they'll get a new researcher (female) and a lot of the female dolphins will be very gentle near her, and rub her belly with their noses (i.e. being very affectionate). The 'old hands' from the research team will always tell the new lady that she's pregnant. New lady will always say 'no way'. The dolphins are invariably correct.
'FYI'.
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Soon, they will become more intelligent than us (Score:2, Funny)
So...there as smart as Homer Simpson? (Score:1)
na na na na... (Score:2)
Batman singing dolphins (Score:1)
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Yes, that sounds about right for the length of time a story spends in Slashdot's story queue.
Stuff dolphins (Score:5, Interesting)
The Lyrebird [wikipedia.org] of Australia is practically a living tape recorder [google.com] (<= google video)
Certain stimuli? (Score:2)
Dananananaanana
Let me know when... (Score:2, Funny)
However, if they were reporting dolphings jumping backwards through a hoop while whistling the Star-Spangled Banner, then I'd be concerned.
How long would it take (Score:2)
Do the Bartman! (Score:2)
Principal Investigator (Score:2)
Perhaps the mellody IS "Batman", but... (Score:2)
Sing! You Rotten Fish! (Score:2)
I don't know why, but this conjures up an image of a dolphin, covered with electrodes, tied to a chair in a dingy room with bad lighting, kind of like Morpheus in the hands of Agent Smith:
Scientist: "Come on. Sing, you rotten fish. Sing it. Na-na Na-na Na-na Na-na BATMAAAN!"
Dolphin: "[weary dolphin sound]"
RIAA vs. Dolphins (Score:3, Funny)
well that proves it for me (Score:2)
The porpoise sure is a noble animal, Batman. (Score:2)
can you... (Score:2)
may i be the first to propose: (Score:2)
WB vs. Disney vs. Fox in the name of science (Score:2)
I guess since Batman is owned by Warner Bros. can we expect the WB v. Disney lawsuit any day now? Or perhaps since the "song" is from the TV series, Fox will sue Disney for using their Batman meme ("Batmaaaaan" -- not even the whole song).
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The Dangermouse [culttelly.co.uk] theme tune was more epic in the true sense of the word.
Maybe they'll open a Slashdot account: (Score:2)
(INT, WTF!!! lameness filter aborting the line above this one... sheesh....)
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