Buckelwal Twain: A fascinating conversation with the giants of the sea!

Buckelwal Twain: A fascinating conversation with the giants of the sea!

Grönland, Dänemark - An incredible event occurred in the deep blue ocean! A team of researchers from the University of California in Davis, known as Whale Seti, has recorded a fascinating "conversation" with a humpback whale called Twain. This extraordinary experiment, which breaks the limits of animal communication, took place when the scientists played a welcome call in the language of the whale. Twain, the majestic giant of the sea, promptly replied and adapted the time intervals of his calls. The impressive interaction lasted 20 minutes and showed how committed the whale was while he circled the research ship.

science behind the conversation

The Whale Seti team, supported by scientists from the SETI institute and Alaska Whale Foundation, examines the complex communication systems of the whales. Your mission? The discovery of communication patterns that could indicate intelligent messages both on earth and beyond. With the help of mathematics and artificial intelligence, the researchers analyze the complicated activities of the whales, including their chants and feeding techniques. This innovative study, financed by the Templeton Foundation, combines bioakoustics with SETI to open up new ways of researching non-human intelligence.

The work of the late biologist Roger S. Payne, who described the complex chants of the humpback whales as "songs", laid the foundation for this research. His pioneering work in the 1960s inspired today's scientists and contributed to the worldwide “saves the whales” campaign. The recordings of the "Songs of the Humpback Whale" are not only a testimony to the beauty of these animals, but also a call to protect their habitats.