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Baby whale sounds
last update: Mar 20, 2008 04:25 PM
Humpback whales are known for their beautiful singing. Now, researchers from the Cetos Research Organization have evidence that it not only the adult whales that chant.
Humpback whale calves make sounds too, okay, maybe not as beautiful and complex as the adult whales, but they produce squealing noises to communicate with their mothers. Previously, it had been assumed that they did not produce sound.
The sounds are not mating calls either, but according to Ann Zoidis, the project’s research director, they are either warnings of threats of danger, or may simply be expressions of curiosity.
Ann Zoidis said; "This tells us that calves do in fact communicate, and it tells us they are communicating to their mothers."
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