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awake_ash
· 5 years ago
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The feels
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granlobomalo
· 5 years ago
According to the interwebs, this whale is actually female. She vocalizes at 52 hz whereas most other whales communicate at 15-25 hz. To put it another way, she’s singing soprano but the other whales only speak bass. They literally can’t understand her.
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xvarnah
· 5 years ago
Does she live in isolation? Or is the problem just that she's with other whales, but they won't breed? Because as long as she's not alone she should be more or less fine
granlobomalo
· 5 years ago
Unknown. The articles said that looking for a specific whale in the ocean is like looking for a needle in a haystack since sound frequencies can travel thousands of miles. They’ve only recorded the whale song but haven’t seen the whale. Also, two mistakes: they don’t know whether it’s male or female (or if it’s still alive since the last recording was in 2004), and ‘The animal’s singing with a lot of the same features of a typical blue whale song. Blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales: All these whales can hear this guy; they’re not deaf. He’s just odd.’ So it might not have been so lonely after all...
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guest
· 5 years ago
whalien 52
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guest
· 5 years ago
whalien 52, indeed
