Listen to humpback whale songs. | Nature | PBS

sound on! 🔉 that means ‘happy world whale day’ in whale 🐋💙 Whales noises are complex clicks used for important functions like echolocation, finding food, and communication about things like mating and emotional states! The sequences of clicks they use to communicate and identify one another are called codas, and it’s thought that each whale has their own unique vocalization pattern. Their clicks can be louder than 200 decibels—that’s like standing near a rocket at takeoff. Though sound travel

First analytical output of a humpback whale song processed through my birdsong analysis framework. It worked flawlessly without any adaptation of the pipeline, and the whale vocalization unfolds into coherent geometric structures, a truly exciting starting point for further explorative work. A big thank you to Franck Eckler @geographe_photo and @geographemarineresearch for sharing these amazing recordings and their interest in my research. We're very excited and looking forward to what comes nex