Dolphin behavior in marine life

Teri Turner Bolton is dolphin’s head trainer at the Roatán Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS). In this institution, the dolphins are trained to perform many movements such as corkscrew, or spin through the air, ect when receiving the command. More than just performances, the scientists at RIMS are also curious about dolphin’s thoughts. When scientists issue dolphins the hand signal to “innovate”, they dip below the surface and come up to show many other movements which do not repeat anything before. More extraordinarily, they even show the new actions in unison whenever they are given the signal “tandem”. There are two suppositions for dolphins' behaviors including that the obvious coordination is illusion (they mimic the others) or it is not illusion (they are discussing when they whistle back and forth). Moreover, dolphins have a very fascinating nature and behavior as extremely “talkative”, using sound to practice young dolphins and chase away sharks. Scientists believe that dolphin’s behavior could possibly be meaningful because dolphins use “signature whistles” to identify and call to others, or they name for themselves, and they especially remember the signature whistles for decades. Denise Herzing, a scientist, has spent 30 years doing long-term research about dolphins. Now, by using the CHAT box, she has recorded and logged thousands of hours of footage of each individual spotted dolphins crossing three generations at Atlantic.