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Individual identity in sperm whale vocalizations is an ongoing scientific issue, however. A distinction needs to be made between cues and signals. Human acoustic tools can distinguish individual whales by analyzing micro-characteristics of their vocalizations, and the whales can probably do the same.
Songs of the Humpback Whale is a 1970 album produced by bio-acoustician Roger Payne. It publicly demonstrated for the first time the elaborate whale vocalizations of humpback whales. Selling over 100,000 copies, it became the bestselling environmental album in history, and its sales benefited the Wildlife Conservation Society 's Whale Fund, of ...
Blue whales produce some of the loudest and lowest frequency vocalizations in the animal kingdom, [26] and their inner ears appear well adapted for detecting low-frequency sounds. [91] The fundamental frequency for blue whale vocalizations ranges from 8 to 25 Hz. [92] Blue whale songs vary between populations. [93]
The buoys recorded whale vocalizations, known as songs, researchers said. The recordings of the whale songs were transmitted back to acousticians, who interpreted the audio in real time.
The sperm whale's vocalizations are all based on clicking, described in four types: the usual echolocation, creaks, codas, and slow clicks. [126] The usual echolocation click type is used in searching for prey. [126] A creak is a rapid series of high-frequency clicks that sounds somewhat like a creaky door hinge.
Southern resident orcas. The southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are the smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The southern resident orcas form a closed society with no emigration or dispersal of individuals, and no gene flow ...
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus Megaptera. Adults range in length from 14–17 m (46–56 ft) and weigh up to 40 metric tons (44 short tons). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins ...
NOC (whale) NOC was a beluga whale who made human-like vocalizations. He was captured by Inuit hunters for the United States Navy in 1977 and lived in captivity until his death in 1999. In 1984, researchers from the National Marine Mammal Foundation discovered his unusual ability to mimic the rhythm and tone of human speech.