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NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Dolphin Reading Testing | PBS

Duration: 02:53
Program: NOVA scienceNOW

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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Post Date: July 7, 2010