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"SPERM whales in the Mediterranean all share one distinct ‘dialect’, different
from their cousins in oceans across the rest of the world.
A solitary humpback whale off the coast of western Australia can begin singing
a unique song which soon sweeps across the entire Pacific, with every other
humpback copying the “hit tune”.
It’s just been discovered that bowhead whales in the High Arctic have
repertoires of 180 songs. Such is the complexity of the way these unique
creatures communicate, they could finally provide the answer to one of the
greatest questions in modern science: do whales really have “language”?
Whatever is happening deep beneath the waves, we can be sure that cetaceans –
whales, dolphins and orcas – are definitely communicating. To discover if
whales have ‘language’, I sat down with Dr Luke Rendell from St Andrews
University’s School of Biology. He is a global expert in how cetaceans
communicate and “the evolution of learning”.
His work is astonishing. Some of Rendell’s findings, quite literally, leave you
open-mouthed. After our discussion, Rendell was back at sea carrying out
research. He’s regularly in the Caribbean, the Galapagos and the Azores, but I
caught up with him during a sojourn on land."
Via Mark Lansbury and Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
