Scientists want to make the seas safer by teaching ships to speak whale

The world’s oceans have never been a more dangerous place for marine life. Massive ships, rising temperatures, and widespread pollution all pose serious threats to wildlife. Migrating blue whales are particularly at risk of colliding with ships. Although it might not be possible to avoid whales entirely, scientists have an idea that might help keep them out of harm’s way.

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Researchers have been using underwater microphones to monitor the songs of 15 blue whales in Monterey Bay for more than five years. After combining those recordings with GPS data, they were able to determine how the songs related to the whales’ migration patterns.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

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https://www.miragenews.com/researchers-find-pattern-in-whale-songs-that-predicts-migration/

> Through the use of two advanced audio recording technologies, a collaboration of Monterey Bay researchers has found that blue whales switch from nighttime to daytime singing when they are starting to migrate.

> “We decided to compare daytime and nighttime song patterns from month to month, and there, in the divergence and convergence of two lines, was this beautiful signal that neither of us really expected,” said John Ryan, a biological oceanographer at MBARI and senior author of the paper. “As soon as that image popped up on the screen, Will and I were both like, ‘Hello, behavior.‘”

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So whalesong does have a purpose, then. Good.
It seems like something of a waste, otherwise.