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Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter
(www.smithsonianmag.com)
this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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Genuinely interesting. Perhaps they'd have something to teach us. We humans could use the help. 😏
“Poisoning the ocean is like, not cool man” 🐋
I'd hate to know how they'd feel if they knew how humans would respond to this...
There are whales today who were alive when their family were killed by whalers in the 19th century.
Think about that. They know.