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A humpback whale comes out of the water to breathe in Sainte Marie Madagascar. Cetamadaasso / stock.adobe.com
DECRYPTION – American scientists claim that they managed to talk to a humpback whale for the first time in Alaska. These very intelligent mammals “sing” more than they “speak”.
Was there actually an authentic discussion between whales and humans in the cold waters of Alaska? In a publication in December, a group of American researchers from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis claimed to have had a real exchange with a humpback whale named Twain. The experiment took place in November 2021. Afterwards, a call was broadcast in the ocean “the contact” Using an underwater loudspeaker, the whale approached the boat, circled it, and then responded with a ” “Greeting signal” (term used by researchers in quotation marks), “conversational style,” say the scientists.
For nearly 20 minutes, the whale and the hydrophone alternately transmitted signals, with the animal respecting the silence when it took its turn. “interlocutor”. “We believe this is the first such communication exchange between humans and humpback whales in (their) ‘language’.”welcome…
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