Humpback whales are forming super-groups
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3 days ago
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| bbc.com
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grahar64
2 hours ago
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There must have been so much unseen behavior when there were millions more whales in the ocean. Here's hoping that we can see more
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sidewndr46
1 hour ago
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Given the current trajectory of whale populations, 'we' probably won't be seeing that. Maybe in many generations of humans.
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cortesoft
53 minutes ago
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Well, the population growth probably isn't linear, so maybe?
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mulnz
41 minutes ago
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Warming will kill off most of the systems these animals depend on within 30 years.
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ilt
4 minutes ago
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And will give way to many which thrive or evolve to thrive in hotter climates?
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swframe2
3 hours ago
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I hope we create whalegemma (similar to dolphingemma) so we can explain to them how to co-exist better with humans (e.g. avoid this area during their whale hunting season, travel to this area if you get sick or tangled in rope).
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zyxin
1 hour ago
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There is a group that is attempting to communicate with whales by training a transformer based model on whale sounds.

https://www.projectceti.org/

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tclancy
2 hours ago
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It’s going to be prog rock, isn’t it?
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parpfish
2 hours ago
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no, i think they're just going to start a podcast.
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tclancy
2 hours ago
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Yes officer, this one right here.
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dotspec
1 hour ago
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It's the Entmoot of the sea.
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astrocat
3 hours ago
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holy units batman

> Bursting from their enormous lungs at over 300mph (483km/h), a humpback whale's blow can rise up to 7m (23ft) into the air.

Pick a lane BBC.

But this is great news. Also the fact that whales "transport huge amounts of nutrients across the globe" (linking to [1]) is fascinating. The role of whales in sucking up critters in one place and pooping them out elsewhere being a fundamental dynamic that drives global ocean ecosystems... just chefs kiss

[1] https://www.nature.com/research-intelligence/nri-topic-summa...)

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tom_
1 hour ago
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I think the BBC policy is to provide every measurement in both types of unit.
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gamerslexus
1 hour ago
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Ordering is inconsistent.
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CarVac
1 hour ago
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They use MPH in the UK.
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aaronbrethorst
48 minutes ago
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Their hours are pegged to the hogshead, and are about 3 seconds shorter than American hours.
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bitwize
2 hours ago
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Perhaps they're forming a delegation to decide what to answer to that thing coming from space? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_IV%3A_The_Voyage_Hom...
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dhosek
1 hour ago
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So long and thanks for all the fish, perhaps.
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