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Dolphins produce shared, context-specific whistle sounds. Efforts to decode this communication may guide how we prepare to understand potential intelligent life beyond Earth—offering insights into non-human languages and shared meaning across species.Learning Outcomes
• Explore multi-domain thinking and future operating environments – The article connects animal communication with the broader possibility of understanding alien intelligence.
• Demonstrate cognitive agility in complex problem spaces – It highlights how decoding non-human language can inform approaches to unknown challenges beyond Earth.
