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.
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.