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Here every weekend called "the science behind" what we hope to teach you the why behind the what and this week's installment we're taking you into the water where a new study about dolphins and how they communicate will blow you away, guaranteed. i love this story. here is cnn's chad myers with all the details. >> reporter: we've known for years that every dolphin has a specific and distinctive whistle but now scientists believe that this sound they're calling out is actually a name. >> can you do your signature whistle? >> reporter: to better understand the science behind dolphin language, ma...

Scientists took underwater recording devices to record and track the wild dolphins and then they played those whistles back to the dolphins who own them. hear are some of the sounds. [ dolphins ] >> here is the cool thing. when the dolphins heard the names that were called back to them, they responded. when they heard their name, right? kind of like that was their signature. hey, i'm here. well, the strange dolphins didn't reply. but their family and friends also replied to the same whistle. so the theory is dolphins can learn each other's whis i wills and mimic them to communicate with each o...