Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show

You know instantly

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when someone is speaking to an infant or small child

)

.

It turns out that

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dolphin mothers also use a kind of

high-pitched baby talk

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.A study published Monday found

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that female

bottlenose

dolphins change their tone

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when

addressing

their

calves

)

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)

Researchers recorded

the

signature

whistles

of 19 mother dolphins in Florida, when accompanied by their young

offspring

and when swimming alone or with other adults.

生詞/組：

It turns out that 結(jié)果是;原來；事實證明

high-pitched 很高的;尖厲的

baby talk 牙牙學語;模仿兒語

bottlenose n.寬吻海豚

addressing 演講;向…說話;address的現(xiàn)在分詞

calves 小牛;崽，幼獸;calf的復數(shù)

offspring n.后代;子女;孩子;幼崽

譯文： 錄音顯示，海豚媽媽對海豚寶寶使用“童言童語”

當有人和嬰兒或小孩說話時，你會立刻知道。事實證明，海豚媽媽也會用一種高普的嬰兒語。周一發(fā)表的一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，雌性寬吻海豚在和幼海豚講話時會改變語氣。研究人員記錄了佛羅里達州19只母海豚在幼子陪伴下以及獨自或與其他成年海豚一起游泳時的標志性口哨聲。 來自美聯(lián)社（AP News）