Wild Kratts
Talking to Dolphins
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Aviva shows everyone her dolphin decoder invention.
Aviva has made a dolphin decoder machine to learn the creature language. Martin and Chris take the device underwater and spot a school of dolphins, while Aviva and Koki follow closely behind with a receiver in order to program the dolphin sounds. During their adventure, they learn the dolphin phrase, "Let's play!"
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Wild Kratts
Talking to Dolphins
Clip | 3m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
Aviva has made a dolphin decoder machine to learn the creature language. Martin and Chris take the device underwater and spot a school of dolphins, while Aviva and Koki follow closely behind with a receiver in order to program the dolphin sounds. During their adventure, they learn the dolphin phrase, "Let's play!"
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Hablar un idi- what?
She’s speaking Spanish again.
Idioma: language.
Yes!
We’re going to speak a creature language!
Talk to animals!
Who?
How?
With this, my first creature language invention!
The Dolphin Decoder.
Dolphins!
Yes!
I’ve been waiting forever for a dolphin adventure.
You kidding me?
Here’s my list of everything I’ve always wanted to say to a dolphin but didn’t know how.
Well, this could be our chance.
But first, we have to figure out the language.
The sounds and words of Dolphinese.
Who’s going to teach us those?
They are.
CHRIS: Hoohoo!
Bottlenose dolphins!
(All cheering) You guys take the hydrophone part.
I’ll take the receiver to program the sounds.
Dolphin dive!
Ha ha!
JIMMY Z: Dispatching Amphipod.
Good luck, Team Dolphin.
Make a splash!
CHRIS: Wow!
Hello, dolphin pod.
It looks like this one has about 14 dolphins, young and old.
(Dolphins squeaking and clicking) (Martin chuckling) A couple 4-year-olds.
I think they’re talking about us, Chris.
Yeah, I hope they’re saying nice stuff.
(Dolphins squeaking and clicking) What are they saying?
Click, whistle, whistle, click click.
Oh, that’s not good.
It’s not?
I have no idea!
It’s all Dolphinese to me.
Okay, well let’s try this thing out.
Listen up dolphin pals, we’ve got something to say.
I’ll pick a whistle from the database and see if we can figure out what it means.
How will we know?
From their reaction.
Here goes.
(Clicking) (Grunting softly) Whoa!
(Laughing) Whoa!
Whoa...!
Whoa...!
(Yelling) So, have you figured it out yet?
No!
Not yet!
Well, that whistle definitely meant something.
Yeah, like, "Let’s take these guys on a crazy ride "till they can’t see straight!"
Whoa!
Stop!
Slow down!
(Yelling) (Sighing) (Dolphins squeaking and clicking) (Sighing) (Moaning) Or they could be saying something a little simpler, like, "Let’s play."
They are one of the most playful creatures in the world.
(Groaning) Okay, so we get it, we get it.
Now we know what that click-whistle means.
Yeah, the dolphin word for "let’s play" is this one right here.
(Clicking) Martin!
Uh oh!
You said it again!
Whoa!
Whoa!
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