NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Dolphin Reading Test

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Channel: NOVA PBS Official · 2010 · Science & Technology

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The ability to read is not just limited to humans. The trainers at Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences in Honduras have trained their dolphins to read two-dimensional symbols as commands.  In this video, watch as the pupil, a dolphin named Cedana, puts her reading skills to the tests.  

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