Bottlenose dolphins are a highly social species that live in fission-fusion societies that are constantly contracting and merging. In the viscous fluid of the marine environment where light is absorbed incredibly quickly, dolphins maintain contact with one another through acoustic communication, but not modulated by voice. Studies have shown that each individual produces a stereotyped, individually distinctive signature whistle that varies in contour and frequency, much like saying, “I’m here, I’m here.” Working with Dr. Laela Sayigh, who has collected over fifty years of acoustic recording data through the Sarasota Dolphin Whistle Database, I have manually selected all of the whistles from the 2024 health assessment recordings, classifying call type to identify uncatalogued signatures, as well as non signature whistles used in playback experiments to contribute to studies testing hypotheses related to call type function, from group cohesion to alarm signaling. Collaborator