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ooli@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter

www.smithsonianmag.com

ooli@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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Researchers used artificial intelligence to spot patterns in recordings of the marine mammals' vocalizations, uncovering the "building blocks of whale language"
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    Genuinely interesting. Perhaps they’d have something to teach us. We humans could use the help. 😏

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      “Stop genocide.”

      Oh right right. We’ll get right on that didn’t realize it was a big deal.

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      “Poisoning the ocean is like, not cool man” 🐋

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        I’d hate to know how they’d feel if they knew how humans would respond to this…

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          There are whales today who were alive when their family were killed by whalers in the 19th century.

          Think about that. They know.

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