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Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness. Scientists who tracked humpback whales in Australia noticed that fewer whales wailed to find mates as their population grew. “Humpback whale song is loud and travels far in the ocean,” said marine biologist Rebecca Dunlop, who has studied humpback whales that breed near the Great Barrier Reef for more than two decades.
Researchers in Australia think that singing played an outsized role in attracting mates when populations were severely depleted.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness. Scientists who tracked humpback whales in Australia noticed that fewer whales wailed to find mates as their population grew.
A new study suggests those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness.
<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/lonely-tunes-humpback-whales-wail-less-as-population-grows/"></div>WASHINGTON (AP) — Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness. Scientists who tracked humpback whales in Australia noticed that fewer whales wailed to find mates as their population grew. “Humpback whale song is loud and travels far in the ocean,” said marine biologist Rebecca Dunlop, who has studied […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt -->...