Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.

Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language::Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.

  • @[email protected]English
    28•9 months ago

    They probably have nothing interesting to say anyway. After a year or two all the scientists will be like “I fucking know you like krill, whale. Shut the fuck up about the krill already”.

    • Flying SquidEnglish
      38•9 months ago

      [Arthur Dent] learned to communicate with birds and discovered that their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with wind speed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios, and a fair bit about berries.

      – Douglas Adams, 'Life, the Universe, and Everything.