nebula Posted November 8, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Australian scientists decode whale sounds By Tessa Dunlop Wed Nov 7, 9:05 PM ET SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists studying humpback whales sounds say they have begun to decode the whale's mysterious communication system, identifying male pick-up lines and motherly warnings. Wops, thwops, grumbles and squeaks are part of the extensive whale repertoire recorded by scientists from the University of Queensland working on the Humpback Whale Acoustic Research Collaboration (HARC) project. <snip> Dunlop stopped short of defining the whale communication as a language, but said there were clear similarities with human interaction. "Its quite fascinating that they're obviously marine mammals, they've been separated from terrestrial mammals for a long, long, long time, but yet still seem to be following the same basic communication system," she said. (As one would expect from a Designer. ) Full article here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherTraveler Posted November 8, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 80 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,595 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/12/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted November 8, 2007 Wow, whales do what God designed them to do! I wonder how much it cost to figure that one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blien Posted November 8, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 346 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3,050 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 46 Days Won: 3 Joined: 10/02/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/26/1982 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Wow, whales do what God designed them to do! I wonder how much it cost to figure that one out. hehehehe... knowing the futility of sinful man, probably several millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damo1 Posted November 9, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,822 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 19 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/23/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/16/1967 Share Posted November 9, 2007 damo1 nah they just have john howard and sevral top polaticians on video one of john howard in a strip club did you not know they use this in our polaticians they also have peter costelo on video fotage as well yet our scientests are good at what they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari21 Posted November 9, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,846 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/05/1987 Share Posted November 9, 2007 One day, in the ocean..... Whale One: Squeak squeak, grumble thwop...(Translation: Hey......do ya hear something?) Whale Two: Wop, thwop, squeak grumble...(Translation: Sounds like a human yelling something...) Whale One: Grumble wop thwop thwop...(It's coming from that ship over there) Whale Two: Wop wop squeak squeak grumble...(Hmmm...the ship is called....Pequod. Cool name!) Whale One: Squeak wop wop squeak...(Let's swim closer and listen to what he's screaming about...) Whale Two: Thwop thwop wop wop....(Sounds like a plan) The two swim very close to the ship. Whale One: Thwop squeak grumble grumble...(Ahhh, much better! Now we can hear what he's yelling...) One-legged man on ship: "FROM HELL'S HEART I STAB AT THEE!" Whale One: SQUEAK SQUEAK THWOP WOP WOP!...(SWIM AWAY! SWIM AWAY!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LadyC Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 LOL, cute kari, very cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari21 Posted November 9, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,846 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/05/1987 Share Posted November 9, 2007 LOL, cute kari, very cute! Well, whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agiopolem Posted November 10, 2007 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 15 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/12/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted November 10, 2007 How many millions did that cost you to interpret, kari? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari21 Posted November 10, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,846 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/05/1987 Share Posted November 10, 2007 How many millions did that cost you to interpret, kari? Not a dime. It was all based on/from Moby Dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherTraveler Posted November 10, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 80 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,595 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/12/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted November 10, 2007 Translated conversation...Nothing tastes as good as Jonah did, but you just couldn't keep a good man down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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