Dolphins Taste Their Pals' Pee to Identify Them

For more intimate relationships you might even know the smell of their deodorant, perfume or other signature scents.

But dolphins bring another sense to the identification game.

New research suggests the marine mammals actually know the taste of their friends.

More specifically, they can recognize comrades by sampling their urine.

Researchers worked with dolphins atDolphin Questfacilities in Bermuda and Hawaii.

All this suggests dolphins taste pee to see who’s who in the same way dogs sniff butts.

Perhaps this helps them distinguish a buddy’s pee from the surrounding salt water ocean.