Scientists claim to have successfully ‘conversed’ with a whale
Scientists claim to have successfully ‘conversed’ with a whale
By studying whales, researchers hope to develop filters to any future extraterrestrial signals humans may receive
Scientists at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti) in the US claim to have conversed with a humpback whale in Alaska as a proxy for communicating with aliens.
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They found that while most of the whales ignored the recorded calls, one of them – a female named Twain – circled the scientists’ boat, mimicking the noises for about 20 minutes.
Researchers are not entirely sure what the recorded call meant, but suspect it is a kind of “contact call” that whales use to call each other.
“It might have just been us saying hello, and her responding hello, and us saying hello again,” Dr Walker explained.
“We believe this is the first such communicative exchange between humans and humpback whales in the humpback ‘language,’” study lead author Brenda McCowan said in a statement.
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How's the old search for extraterrestrial life going?
Badly.
Well how about, and hear me out now, we go and talk to some whales.
Oh, do we understand what they say?
Well no, but we get out of the lab and mess about in boats.
Where do I sign up?
The pier.
You don't sign up you get abducted.
Why are you so eager for this? Why keep desperately clamoring for this?