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Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Genuinely interesting. Perhaps they'd have something to teach us. We humans could use the help. 😏

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

“Poisoning the ocean is like, not cool man” 🐋

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd hate to know how they'd feel if they knew how humans would respond to this...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

There are whales today who were alive when their family were killed by whalers in the 19th century.

Think about that. They know.

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