Sperm whales are highly communicative but have different 'dialects'

Sunday, September 13th 2015 - 12:23 UTC

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Sperm whales are very social marine animals and they travel in close groups and communicate by using a pattern of clicks, also known as codas. Similar to humans, the whales use varying dialects worldwide. A recent study of two sperm whale clans living in fairly close proximity off the Galápagos Islands sheds light on animal cultures. Read full article

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“Mauricio Cantor, a Ph.D. candidate in biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada”

Wow, I believe I may have chosen to study at the wrong university in Canada.
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@1 Skip

Good post.
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ChrisR
I suspect that the codas make more sense than low level Jibber-Jabber used in TDC.
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