What the science of baby-speak can tell us about whale songs
Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...
Why do whales and dolphins strand?
Tasmania. Every year, around 2000 marine mammals die in mass strandings worldwide. But this is not always for natural reasons ...
How is whale song similar to human language?
Whales use moans, snores, chirps and cries that are known as whale song. And now, a new study has found that whale song is ...
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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Whales communicate with a 'language-like' structure similar to humans
Scientists have discovered that human language and whale songs have remarkable similarities in the way they are segmented and structured.
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Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human language
The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be because of how they are learned ...
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Some species of baleen whales avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...