Wild Kratts
Try to Decode Dolphin!
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Chris and Martin get their signals crossed trying to communicate with dolphins.
Chris and Martin get their signals crossed trying to communicate with dolphins.
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Wild Kratts
Try to Decode Dolphin!
Clip | 2m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Chris and Martin get their signals crossed trying to communicate with dolphins.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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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!
Help!
While they're having fun, we've got to get to work on getting the sounds we know into a Dolphin Power Suit.
Well, see the blowhole that the dolphin breathes from?
Right beside it are chords.
They vibrate like a guitar string to make the special clicks and whistles.
That makes sense.
Vibrating things make sounds.
So if I incorporate those structures into the suit, we should be able to reproduce the special dolphin sounds.
KRATTS: Whoa, whoa!
Remember us??
How many special whistles and clicks do dolphins make again?
CHRIS: Hundreds!
MARTIN: At least!
Thanks.
Whoa-- ah!
Oof!
No problem.
(Groaning) Okay, you two win.
You're definitely the most playful creatures we've ever adventured with.
Yeah, even adult dolphins play.
One of the only animals in the world that still plays when they're full grown.
(Dolphins whistling and clicking)
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