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Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language (www.vice.com)

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Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language::Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.

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[-] ExLisper@linux.community 28 points 7 months ago

They probably have nothing interesting to say anyway. After a year or two all the scientists will be like "I fucking know you like krill, whale. Shut the fuck up about the krill already".

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago

[Arthur Dent] learned to communicate with birds and discovered that their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with wind speed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios, and a fair bit about berries.

-- Douglas Adams, 'Life, the Universe, and Everything.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 18 points 7 months ago

I kind of still want to know what I'm sleeping to.

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 7 months ago

Horny whale noises

[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

"Can I try putting it in your blowhole this time?"

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

No Frank, idw Whale cum in my lung again.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 points 7 months ago

To a whale, whale cum is just regular cum.

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

[-] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

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