sperm whales
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Sperm Whale Communication Is Remarkably Similar to Human Language, Research Suggests
Sperm whales’ clicking communiques include context and combination structures that make their messaging more akin to language than previously known, according to a team of researchers at MIT. Sperm whales (P. macrocephalus) have the largest brains in the animal kingdom. Their clicks are how the whales converse with one another. The nonprofit organization Project CETI…
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Why Did NASA Take An Interest In The Sperm Whale’s Echolocation Organ?
The sperm whale has an internal organ that has been of much interest to scientists for decades. What’s surprising is that it’s not biologists who are interested in it. The people studying this ocean traveller are people who want to travel through space.