Symposium on Sensory Abilities of Cataceans, for the Fifth International Theriological Congress, Rome, Italy, August 1989.

这个为期三天的会议将汇集不同的国际科学家团体来讨论和评估了解海豚和鲸鱼的感觉系统的最新进展。这些动物在感觉辨别、回声定位、交流和导航等方面具有显著的能力和感官适应性，它们的认知能力可能相当先进。本次研讨会将与国际兽医学大会（International Theriological Congress）联合举办，后者涉及哺乳动物科学的各个方面，听众范围异常广泛。苏联科学家在这次研讨会上的广泛参与将提供新的互动水平，并促进研究鲸类的科学家建立更强大的全球网络。研讨会的结果将被发表，并且应该对感觉系统，行为，动物认知，海洋生物学和生态学的科学家产生广泛的影响；它也可能对全球保护运动产生影响，因为这些动物已经成为一种流行的象征。

This three-day conference will bring together a diverse group of international scientists to discuss and evaluate recent advances in understanding the sensory systems of dolphins and whales. These animals have remarkable abilities and sensory adaptations for sensory discriminations, echolocation, communication and navigation, and their cognitive abilities may be quite advanced. This symposium will be associated with the International Theriological Congress, which deals with all aspects of mammalian science, providing an unusually broad audience. The extensive participation of Soviet scientists at this symposium should provide new levels of interaction and facilitate a stronger global network of scientists working on cetaceans. The results of the symposium will be published, and should have a broad impact on scientists of sensory systems, behavior, animal cognition, marine biology, and ecology; it may have an impact on the global conservation movement as well, since these animals have become a popular symbol.