So long and thanks for all the fish

Gargamel · 10-22-12, 10:22 PM

Talking whales?

Attempts at legimate communication? Pure mimicry? Or humans anthropomorphizing the whales?

We all know/assume whales are of a higher intelligence, but to what extent?

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/con...tguid=EU6vPlDc

http://news.discovery.com/animals/wh...ce-121022.html

Sailor Steve · 10-22-12, 11:04 PM

Many years ago I heard a recording of regular whale songs. So slow and deep they can take hours to finish. Speeded up enough they sounded just like bird songs.

It's interesting what certain animals can do.

CCIP · 10-22-12, 11:13 PM

Hey now, , cats and goats do that pretty well too

TLAM Strike · 10-22-12, 11:34 PM

Hottentot · 10-22-12, 11:36 PM

Wow, I never knew our local drunkard hobos were that good at mimicking the sound of a whale.

Catfish · 10-23-12, 01:44 AM

^

But really, if you look at playing dolphins, there can be no doubt about some kind of intelligence, however you define it.

Also, never miss to see the film "The big blue", just do not watch the later-included US happy end version, but the original one.

It is also said, that the new sonar sounds emitted by submarines or skimmers, disturb whales (and to a lesser degree dolphins), and may have led to those strandings. It has also been rumoured new sonar tries to mimick whales sounds and those frequencies, for stealth reasons - at least some of the long-travelling low frequencies are being used.
The sonar anergy emitted, could certainly directly damage the sound system of those big mammals of the sea alone.

I'm not a tree hugger, but i sure do not like what 'we' do to this planet and its other inhabitants - not that we are especially shy towards our own ..

Hottentot · 10-23-12, 04:36 AM

Now that I listened to it again, I'm fairly sure it says: "Hey, you stupid two legged dolt over there! Give me food! No, not fish, idiot! Real food! Caviar, red wine, steak! No, I don't want the fish, you moron! Bah!!"

Spoon 11th · 10-23-12, 10:55 AM

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Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	So long and thanks for all the fish Talking whales? Attempts at legimate communication? Pure mimicry? Or humans anthropomorphizing the whales? We all know/assume whales are of a higher intelligence, but to what extent? http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/con...tguid=EU6vPlDc http://news.discovery.com/animals/wh...ce-121022.html __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Many years ago I heard a recording of regular whale songs. So slow and deep they can take hours to finish. Speeded up enough they sounded just like bird songs. It's interesting what certain animals can do. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Hey now, , cats and goats do that pretty well too __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Hottentot Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My private socialist utopia of Finland Posts: 1,918 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Wow, I never knew our local drunkard hobos were that good at mimicking the sound of a whale. __________________ Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ But really, if you look at playing dolphins, there can be no doubt about some kind of intelligence, however you define it. Also, never miss to see the film "The big blue", just do not watch the later-included US happy end version, but the original one. It is also said, that the new sonar sounds emitted by submarines or skimmers, disturb whales (and to a lesser degree dolphins), and may have led to those strandings. It has also been rumoured new sonar tries to mimick whales sounds and those frequencies, for stealth reasons - at least some of the long-travelling low frequencies are being used. The sonar anergy emitted, could certainly directly damage the sound system of those big mammals of the sea alone. I'm not a tree hugger, but i sure do not like what 'we' do to this planet and its other inhabitants - not that we are especially shy towards our own .. Last edited by Catfish; 10-23-12 at 01:54 AM.

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Hottentot Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My private socialist utopia of Finland Posts: 1,918 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Now that I listened to it again, I'm fairly sure it says: "Hey, you stupid two legged dolt over there! Give me food! No, not fish, idiot! Real food! Caviar, red wine, steak! No, I don't want the fish, you moron! Bah!!" __________________ Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда.

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