How do whales avoid being detected by orcas? Their singing plays a role, study finds
Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at extremely deep frequencies that are “completely undetectable” to orcas, according to a study published on Jan. 31 in the journal Marine Mammal Science. “It ...
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Whale Songs Aren’t Just Noise – They Have Surprising Similarities to Human Speech, Study Finds
as she "speaks whale" to the passing mammals in an effort to help little Nemo find his way back to his dad. And while the ...
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Some whales sing low enough to be ’acoustically invisible’ to killer whales: research
The whales that travel in groups and are more likely to fight a killer whale, include right, bowhead, grey and humpback, ...
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Pack-Ice Killer Whale Sounds — on Film
Pack-ice killer whales are highly social creatures, communicating through various vocalizations like pulsed calls and whistles. For the first time, researchers have recorded these vocalizations and ...
Humpback Whales Sing the Way Humans Speak
The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...
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Humpback Whale Song Follows Zipf’s Law, A Fundamental Law Of Human Language
Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...
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Whale songs share very similar patterns with human language
Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.