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‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence

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Tags: biology.marine, whales.blue, whaling, ecosystems, population.recovering, oceans, southern ocean, antarctic, australian antarctic division, whale vocalization, analysis.audio, microphones.underwater, submarines, listening devices, studies, author.luca ittimani, source.the guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/06/im-a-blue-whale-im-here-researchers-listen-with-delight-to-songs-that-hint-at-antarctic-resurgence

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Luca Ittimani
Published
May 5 2024
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    Grayscail
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    So is that a direct quote? From the whale? Oh, ok But its you saying that, right? Like, Im sure that probably is the gist of what the whale call is for. But whales dont necessarily have words or...

    So is that a direct quote? From the whale?

    “We think the message is: ‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here,’” Miller said.

    Oh, ok

    “If you think about … us almost wiping them out, and extinction, then it becomes more poignant to think about them saying, ‘I’m still here, here I am.’”

    But its you saying that, right? Like, Im sure that probably is the gist of what the whale call is for. But whales dont necessarily have words or poetic irony. I dont personally think the whale is making a defiant statement of resilience about how its a survivor.

    I just watched a youtube video about that sign language gorilla that might have been fake, and Im all riled up about people projecting onto animals.

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    1. boxer_dogs_dance
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      I recently read a book by another Primatologist Frans de Waal, the Bonobo and the Atheist, in search of Humanism amongst the Primates. I also read Alex and me about the experiments demonstrating...

      I recently read a book by another Primatologist Frans de Waal, the Bonobo and the Atheist, in search of Humanism amongst the Primates.

      I also read Alex and me about the experiments demonstrating intelligence in birds.

      I'm in team mammals have a lot in common.

      I don't know about sign language. I'm more interested in tool use without interfering researchers

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