Sunday, May 22, 2011

Whale Songs Travel The World Like Human Pop Songs

A recent study found that the songs that whales sing to each other, if popular, can travel all the way around the world.  Whales communicate by singing and most of us have heard their strange tunes on Discovery or around the internet.  Well, if one of these tunes is particularly catchy then the receiving whale will sing it to the next one they encounter and so on until it spreads around the world like a new Lady Gaga release.  They even remix the tracks sort of how people change facts about a story when it is transmitted through many people.

I was able to find a sample of a popular whale song for you all to hear.



They actually sped up the the track and this is what it sounded like.



The news story can be found here.
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21 comments:

  1. JamesMay 22, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    Oh those whales so much talent (Total sarcasm)

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  2. MoobeatMay 22, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    cool

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  3. MakelMay 23, 2011 at 1:53 AM

    That's really interesting.

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  4. omgigotnickedforprotestingMay 23, 2011 at 5:09 AM

    Whalesong in the charts would be amusing

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  5. miscellaneousmusicalmistakesMay 23, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    I saw a documentary about whales, it seems that whales have their own language, their own culture and their own stratificational structure. These are fascinating animals, which deserve to be protected from boats'noises.

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  6. SammyMay 23, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    whalestep!

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  7. EmptyMay 23, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    omg. got me.

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  8. TK1927May 23, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    This stuff is really cool. I remember learning in one of my biology classes that submarines could pick up whale calls from the other side of the ocean.

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  9. Juan Pablo CardenasMay 24, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Oh you #$%&!! rebecca black?? how dare you LOL.

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  10. MichelangeloMay 24, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    Ahahaha, awesome!

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  11. Spartan094May 24, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    This is ridiculous!

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  12. Simon blackMay 24, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    lol friday.

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  13. JbloggerMay 24, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    great post

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  14. TriperMay 25, 2011 at 3:07 AM

    Nice songs, thanks for share this :)

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  15. Nom de PlumeMay 25, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    Whales are teh AWESOME!

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  16. pixelMay 27, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    sounds cool, wonder if it comes back different like the telephone game tho?

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  17. ZealotMay 27, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Goes to show, we are more like animals then we think. Thanks for the post.

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  18. AnonymousMay 27, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    those are some awesome mixes. Looking forward to whale rapping

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  19. paulzMay 28, 2011 at 1:19 AM

    Awesome great writeup.

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  20. VegaXMay 30, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    Hahaha this was awesome!

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  21. paulzMay 31, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    Very interesting.

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