Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
Humpback Whale Song Shares a Key Pattern With Human Language That Might Make It Easier for the Animals to Learn
The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common ...
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Humpback whales OK with barnacles despite AI ‘rescue’ videos, say Island researchers
An iconic attribute of humpback whales are not harmful to the animals, according to the Port McNeill-based Marine Education and Research Society (MERS).
Humpback Whales Sing the Way Humans Speak
The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...
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Scots fishermen rescue humpback whale entangled in rope
The two creel fishermen had been fishing south of of Skye on Sunday when a report of the entangled marine animal was received ...
What the science of baby-speak can tell us about whale songs
Just like popular songs on TikTok, new humpback whale songs can rapidly spread across regions and populations to replace ...
New Scientist on MSN6d
Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human language
The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...
IFLScience on MSN2d
Humpback Whale Song Follows Zipf’s Law, A Fundamental Law Of Human Language
Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...
The Times of Israel on MSN2d
Groaning and moaning underwater, humpback whales talk much like humans, Israelis find
Research co-led by Hebrew University expert on language learning suggests such patterns might also shape sounds made by other ...
Humpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human language
Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...
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Local fishermen rescue humpback whale off the coast of Skye
Two local fisherman were able to successfully rescue a humpback whale found entangled in creel fishing gear to the north east of Skye after training with University of Glasgow researchers ...
ZME Science on MSN2d
Whale Songs Follow the Same Mathematical Rule as Human Language
Whale song, though technically not a language, is organized in a familiar pattern.
Fishermen rescue entangled humpback whale off Scottish island
TWO fishermen have rescued a humpback whale which was entangled in rope off the coast of Skye. The pair of creel fishermen ...