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Baby Humpback Whales "Whisper" To Their Mothers

posted by on Sunday April 30 2017, @07:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the still-pretty-loud dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/26/525609671/recordings-reveal-baby-humpback-whales-whisper-to-their-mothers

Baby humpback whales seem to whisper to their mothers, according to scientists who have captured the infant whales' quiet grunts and squeaks.

The recordings, described in the journal Functional Ecology, are the first ever made with devices attached directly to the calves.

High suckling rates and acoustic crypsis of humpback whale neonates maximise potential for mother–calf energy transfer (open, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12871) (DX)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @09:30AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @09:30AM (#501812)

    why has that bubbly bubbly fish with double rear fins attached this thing onto me?

  • (Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:54AM

    by GungnirSniper (1671) on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:54AM (#501828) Journal

    It's Ethanol-fueled in the Ocean with a Tracking Device! It's murder! [wikipedia.org]

    Are there any mammals that abandon their young the way some reptiles and birds do?