Sensory Perception in Cetaceans: Part I—Current Knowledge about Dolphin Senses As a Representative Species
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1 Ethologie Animale et Humaine (UMR 6552) – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France, 2 Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (UMR 5175), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – Université de Montpellier –Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier – EPHE, Montpellier, France, 3 Developmental Ethology and Cognitive Psychology Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût (UMR 6265 CSGA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon, France, 4 Department of Arts and Sciences, Université de Nîmes, Nîmes, France, 5 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ethologie Animale et Humaine (UMR 6552) – Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France, 6 Département Scientifique et Pédagogique, Planète Sauvage, Port-Saint-Père, France
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