{"376081":{"#nid":"376081","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Checking the Claim: A Device That Translates Dolphin Sounds Into English","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt isn\u0027t too much of a stretch to think that dolphins, given their playful nature and charm,\u0026nbsp;converse with each other much like we do.\u0026nbsp;But is this really the case? And if so, to what extent do their seemingly random calls\u0026nbsp;indicate a\u0026nbsp;natural penchant for\u0026nbsp;language?\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003EDolphin researcher Denise Herzing\u0026nbsp;has spent nearly three decades listening in on\u0026nbsp;such\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Enoises in hopes of deciphering what she suspects is actual dolphin chatter.\u0026nbsp;But it wasn\u0027t until she tried to\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eteach\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;the dolphins calls for specific English words\u2014and they responded\u2014that she realized she may have hit on something big.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28008","created_gmt":"2015-02-10 09:49:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:49","author":"Bobby Macedonia","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"stitch-chips","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/checking-the-claim-device-translates-dolphin-sounds-into-english-180950472\/?no-ist","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}