TWENTY MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH HUMPBACKED WHALE MAY LEAD TO COMMUNICATING WITH ALIENS IN SPACE

DAILY MAIL SCIENCE : 20 MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH WHALE - ALIENS  by William Hunter

Excerpt: 38-year-old whale named Twain 'spoke' with the researchers from the SETI Institute and UC Davis by responding to a pre-recorded 'contact call'. 

BELUGA WHALE and MAN SING TOGETHER

FIN WHALES MAY BE THE PARROTS OF THE OCEAN : PICK UP AND BRING BACK NEW SONGS IN MIGRATION

INDEPENDENT : FIN WHALES PICK UP NEW SONGS AS THEY MIGRATE 

The Blue Whale is the largest animal on earth. The Fin Whale is second largest.  Go to this interesting link to see a wonderful picture of a fin whale and read about how these whales pick up new songs and return with them.  When a whale with a new song shows up, it may indicate that they have traveled far or be an individual new to the area.  

Siren

HYDROPHONE CATCHES BLUE WHALES SWITCHING FROM NIGHT SINGING TO DAY SINGING

SCIENCE DAILY : BLUE WHALES SWITCH NIGHT SINGING TO DAY 

Excerpt: By focusing on the whale song wavelengths in the hydrophone data, the researchers noticed a distinct change over several months.  Through the summers, the whale arias grew louder and were sung mostly at nighttime.  Over the five years of data, the whale chorus was loudest around October and November, and singing happened more at nighttime. Following each annual peak in song activity, as the whales began to depart for warmer waters, singing because more of a daytime activity.

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This is a very exciting discovery about our world's largest living creatures.