Vocal, social, and self-imitation by bottlenosed dolphins

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Male dolphin alliances in Shark Bay: changing perspectives in a 30-year study (2015, background): “Combined with captive studies showing that dolphins are skilled imitators in the vocal andmotor domains and their ability to ‘invent’ novel synchronous behaviours on command (Herman, 2002), our observations suggest that some male dolphin displays are creative (Connor, 2007).”
Marine mammal cognition and captive care: A proposal for cognitive enrichment in zoos and aquariums (2013, unknown): “Thus far, dolphins have followed commands given to them by humans on a television screen, imitated televised dolphins, and correctly responded in MTS trials when the sample stimuli are presented on-screen (Herman 2002).”
Imitation, empathy, and mirror neurons. (2009, background): “Indeed, although primates clearly show varying degrees of imitative abilities, birds (Akins et al. 2002) and dolphins (Herman 2002) also seem able to imitate .”
Developmental evidence for foraging traditions in wild bottlenose dolphins (2009, background): “Bottlenose dolphins are also well known for their plasticity and cognitive ability in laboratory settings (e.g. Herman 2002), which should enable them to learn a wide range of behaviours in the wild.”
Meaning = Life (+ Culture): An outline of a unified biocultural theory of meaning (2001, background): “Some of the evidence also involves (enculturated) dolphins (Herman, 2002).”