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Whale vocalizations are the sounds made by whales to communicate. The word "song" is used in particular to describe the pattern of regular and predictable sounds made by some species of whales (notably the humpback and bowhead whales) in a way that is reminiscent of human singing. Humans produce sound by expelling air through the larynx.
Excerpts from "Solo Whale" were used to create the sound effects for the monster Biollante in the 1989 Toho film Godzilla vs. Biollante. Numerous other recordings of humpback and other whales have attempted to capitalize on its popularity.
The Paynes released the best-selling Songs of the Humpback Whale in 1970, and the whale songs were quickly incorporated into human music by, among others, singer Judy Collins, as well as George Crumb, Paul Winter, and David Rothenberg. The humpback whale produces a series of repetitious sounds at varying frequencies known as whale song.
He identified these sounds as whales singing to one another. [ 5 ] Payne's recordings were released in 1970 as an LP called Songs of the Humpback Whale (still the best-selling nature sound record of all time) [ 7 ] which helped to gain momentum for the Save the Whales movement seeking to end commercial whaling , which at the time was pushing ...
It is one of Earth's most haunting sounds - the "singing" of baleen whales like the humpback, heard over vast distances in the watery realm. Baleen whales - a group that includes the blue whale ...
Songs of the Humpback Whale may refer to Whale vocalization , sounds are used by whales for different kinds of communication Songs of the Humpback Whale (album) , a 1970 album produced by bio-acoustician Roger Payne
“Humpback whale song is loud and travels far in the ocean,” said marine biologist Rebecca Dunlop, who has studied humpback whales that breed near the Great Barrier Reef for more than two decades.
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