Scientists discover secret to how baleen whales sing under water
The creatures cannot escape the noise humans make in the oceans, and better regulation is needed, researchers warn.
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The creatures cannot escape the noise humans make in the oceans, and better regulation is needed, researchers warn.
Whales sing loud enough that their songs travel through the ocean, but knowing the mechanics behind that has been a mystery. Scientists now think they have an idea, and it's something not seen in other animals: a specialized voice box. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, Coen Elemans of the University of Southern Denmark and colleagues studied the voice boxes, or larynxes, from three dead, stranded whales — a humpback, minke and sei, which are all types of baleen whales.
Whales sing loud enough that the sound travels through the ocean. But how they do that has been a mystery. A newly published study says whales have a specialized voice box that isn't seen in other …
The creatures cannot escape the noise humans make in the oceans, and better regulation is needed, researchers warn.
The creatures cannot escape the noise humans make in the oceans, and better regulation is needed, researchers warn.