Population of blue whales with completely unique song discovered

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Weighing up to 380,000 pounds and stretching some 100 feet long, the blue whale — the largest creature to have ever lived on Earth — might at first seem difficult for human eyes and ears to miss.

But a previously unknown population of the leviathans has long been lurking in the Indian Ocean, leaving scientists none the wiser, new research suggests.

The covert cadre of whales, described in a paper published last week in the journal Endangered Species Research, has its own signature anthem: a slow, bellowing ballad that’s distinct from any other whale song ever described. It joins only a dozen or so other blue whale songs that have been documented, each the calling card of a unique population.

The find is “a great reminder that our oceans are still this very unexplored place,” said Asha de Vos, a marine biologist who has studied blue whales in the Indian Ocean but was not involved in the new study.

Source and audio: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/science/blue-whales-indian-ocean.html

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2 minutes ago, 777777777777777777 said:

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living on an island, i'd sometimes randomly wonder (mostly in the middle of the night), what might a whale be doing now?  i'm serious

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This song is like their LG5, they kept hiding it from everyone

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1 hour ago, FfFfFfFF said:

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Who is that at 2:08 ? 

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1 minute ago, holy scheisse said:

Who is that at 2:08 ? 

Meghan Trainor and her super-iconic live TV fall.