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Do We Really Understand Why Whales Sing?
Science (Audio)
English - May 04, 2020 21:00 - 56 minutes - 26.1 MB - ★★★ - 12 ratingsScience Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In general, animal song is thought to have several specific characteristics including being restricted to males, having a territorial purpose, and being used to attract a mate. Join marine acoustics expert John Hildebrand to learn how the singing characteristics in some whale species challenges this generalization and how long term trends in whale song still present a mystery to scientists. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 35352]