Part of the signal bounces back and returns to the dolphin as an echo. Then the sound waves bounce back when they find objects in their path. The waves group in bundles in the melon and the dolphin directs them forward. When the air enters through the blowhole the nasal air sacs swell and Some structures of the nasal passages, called phonic lips, open and close continuously, making vibrate the surrounding tissues, generating sound waves. They lack vocal cords, so they are unable to make emissions with them. DOLPHIN COMMUNICATION PROCESSĭolphins produce sounds from the vibrations of an air sac in their respiratory cavities. In this category are clicks and bursts produced when the cetacean emits clicks remarkably fast. On the contrary, the burst-pulsed sounds are brief, emitted successively and at regular intervals. Bottlenose dolphins have a “signature whistle,” well differentiated from other sounds, which identifies a particular dolphin from the others. Pure whistles, squeaks, and squeals are frequency modulated sound. Sometimes a separation of a burst of clicks to the previous ones is made when used for echolocation and not precisely for communication between the members of a pod.ĭolphins produce frequency modulated sounds by changing the tone while emitting them, that is, it can go up or down. From a general perspective, the sounds can be burst-pulsed or frequency modulated. Within the range of sounds that dolphins produce are whistles, squeaks, crunches, clicks and some similar to screams.
Sounds are essential in the life of any dolphin and in general, of any cetacean. Dolphins can use echolocation to detect even a three-inch object as far as the length of a football field. Most people have heard the chirping, squeaking noises made by dolphins which they use to communicate with other dolphins or for echolocation. In general, they communicate using low-frequency sounds but emit other high-frequency signals when using echolocation. If they are scared, excited or in a context of socialization, they tend to make whistles, but if they are in trouble, they make clicks with their jaws. They vary in frequency, volume, wavelength and pattern and depend on the intention or the situation in which the dolphins are. Dolphins communicate, hunt, avoid predators and orient themselves when navigating through sound emissions in the water, therefore, they are very sensitive animals to noises emitted in and out of the water. The sounds are essential in the life of any dolphin and in general, of any cetacean. Sound waves travel nearly 4.5 times faster in the aquatic environment than in the air. Scientists have been very interested in the way they produce sounds, and the studies they have carried out show that dolphins are animals with a diversity of sounds and a complex language. Dolphins have the ability to communicate with each other, and for that purpose, they use sounds and body movements.
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