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For almost 40 years now, the SETI Institute has been searching for extra-terrestrial intelligence.
It turned out that what the scientists were looking for was hiding in our vastblue oceans.
According to the study, the matching of the interval variations between each call mirrors a human-like conversational style.
So, if she waited 10 seconds, I waited 10 seconds.
We ended up matching each other.
We did this 36 times over a 20-minute period.
We believe this is the first suchcommunicative exchangebetween humans and humpback whales in the humpback language, she added.
I decided then that I needed to return, which I have been doing every year since.
I have loved animals my whole life.
I am fascinated by the other species with whom we share this planet.
Learning to understand their behaviors and getting to know them as individuals has always been a privilege.
I hope someday to be able to understand their language.
To be on or in the ocean is always rejuvenating.
To coordinate and efficiently execute the bubble-net, humpback whales use their vocalizations so they all can feed.
You hear them come up to the surface.
Then theres this big breath, you might see it, and theyre all together as a group.
The first recording of humpback whale song was made by US Navy engineer Frank Watlington in 1952.
This completely transformed the understanding of whale vocalizations and encouraged an interest that would lead to decades of research.
Whenscientistslisten to humpback whales, the vocalizations are divided into two different categories: song and non-song calls.
The 2nd categorys calls include all the non-song vocalizations that humpbacks make.
They are relatively short and dont have a repetitive structure.
Some calls of this pop in have been associated with feeding or social behaviors.
Whale lovers shared their excitement on the internet
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