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The Eastern North Pacific blue whale tonal frequency is 31% lower than it was in the early 1960s. [16] [17] The frequency of pygmy blue whales in the Antarctic has steadily decreased at a rate of a few tenths of hertz per year since 2002. [18]
In 2009, researchers found that blue whale song has been deepening in its tonal frequency since the 1960s. [19] While noise pollution has increased ambient ocean noise by over 12 decibels since the mid-20th century, researcher Mark McDonald indicated that higher pitches would be expected if the whales were straining to be heard.
The 52-hertz whale, colloquially referred to as 52 Blue, is an individual whale of unidentified species that calls at the unusual frequency of 52 hertz. This pitch is at a higher frequency than that of the other whale species with migration patterns most closely resembling the 52-hertz whale's [ 1 ] – the blue whale (10 to 39 Hz) [ 2 ] and ...
Baleen whales - a group that includes the blue whale, the largest animal in Earth's history - use a larynx, or voice box, anatomically modified to enable underwater vocalization, researchers said ...
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. [100] The fundamental frequency for blue whale vocalizations ranges from 8 to 25 Hz. [101] Blue whale songs vary between populations. [102]
An underwater photographer who got up close and personal with a massive blue whale says the experience left him feeling awestruck — and incredibly small. Stunning photo shows diver's close ...
For example, a blue whale can communicate with another blue whale using sound over thousands of miles across the sea. [6] While terrestrial animals often have a uniform method of producing and detecting sounds, aquatic animals have a range of mechanisms to produce and detect both vocal and non-vocal sounds. [7]
The examples include ground vibrations produced by elephants whose principal frequency component is around 15 Hz, and low- to medium-frequency substrate-borne vibrations used by most insect orders. [15] Many animal sounds, however, do fall within the frequency range detectable by a human ear, between 20 and 20,000 Hz. [16]