"The translation just came in!"
"What are they saying?"
"It says: 'So Long, and Thanks for all the fish'"
Posted on 12/18/2023 9:10:02 AM PST by algore
It might sound like a scene out of Avatar 2.
But scientists claim it's now possible to have a conversation with a whale, following a 20-minute chat with a humpback whale in Southeast Alaska.
A 38-year-old whale named Twain 'spoke' with the researchers from the SETI Institute and UC Davis by responding to a pre-recorded 'contact call'.
This marks the first communication between humans and whales in their own language, according to the team.
Looking ahead, the researchers say the conversation could pave the way for interactions with aliens in the future.
In the study, researchers from SETI studied how whales communicate in the hopes of developing 'intelligence filters' as part of the search for alien life.
The scientists broadcast a type of greeting call called a 'whup/throp' through underwater speakers.
When the call was played through the water, Twain approached the boat and responded with a greeting call of her own.
Importantly, the scientists found that Twain was changing the frequency of her own calls in response to the researchers' broadcast.
According to lead author, Dr Brenda McCowan of UC Davis, this mirroring behaviour shows that the whale was engaging in a type of interactive conversation with the recorded call.
Dr McCowan said: 'We believe this is the first such communicative exchange between humans and humpback whales in the humpback "language".'
In their research paper, Dr Brenda and her co-authors suggest that Twain was motivated to reply by 'excitement and possibly the onset of agitation'.
However, they also point out that the kind of 'behavioural synchrony' exhibited by the whale is associated with bonding and group cohesion.
This, according to the authors, suggests that Twain was actively engaged in a communicative exchange.
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Whale: “Hey!”
Boat: “Hey!”
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Boat: “How’s it going?”
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Boat: “What’s up?”
Whale: “Hey!”
No mention of Trump being Hitler?
Are they suddenly going to announce that we have a treaty with an intergalactic power?
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According to some from communities like aerospace development from the US to Canada to Israel, such a treaty was initiated decades ago.
You know, just the other day my dog and I were talking about this very thing...
Did they have an opinion on Biden and Trump, or Gaza? Maybe they shared some favorite fish stories?
Amazingly, the scientists reported that the whale said, “We need a grant.”
Whales are probably to intelligent to vote democrat anyway.
“scientists” LOL
Covid shenanigans have forever tainted that title.
Admittedly I didn’t read the whole story but I assume this story is about aliens of the extraterrestrial type not the illegal ones.
Having said that, when was the actual existence of extraterrestrials proven?.....I musta been outta town that day.
Greg Gutfeld will use this headline and then post a picture of the cast of “The View”.....
Maybe the whale was just horny.
excuse me stewardess, I speak Whale......
who’s paying for this?
Darn, you beat me to it right out of the gate! I was going to write “Obviously, none of these ‘researchers’ have ever owned a cat.”
Let me guess. The gist of their whalish message to hoomans was... “Thanks for all the fish”.
File this under “Yet more ‘s’ you can’t make up”.
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