As the Update Aquatic draws closer, we’ve been trickling out features in Java Edition snapshots and beta updates for our other platforms. Already, players can dive into Minecraft’s oceans to encounter one of the friendliest sea-dwelling beasts: the dolphin!
As part of preparing this ocean mob for primetime, we sent Mojang’s lead sound designer Samuel Åberg to record some actual dolphins as they splashed about at Kolmården Wildlife Park.
“A trainer helped me communicate with them,” explains Samuel. “Using hand signs, she encouraged them to make different kind of sounds. I had no idea of the extreme variety of sounds a dolphin can make: whistles, clicks, farts, claps, hisses. A lot of their communication goes way, way, way above frequencies any human ear can pick up.”
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