Dolphins' visual capacities tested in Japan

SASEBO, Japan - This June 2010 photo shows a dolphin looking at a screen at the Umikirara Aquarium on Kujuku Island in Nagasaki Prefecture. A team of researchers in Japan has been conducting an experiment to determine the extent to which dolphins use their vision to tell their fellow sea mammals apart.

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