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Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language (www.vice.com)
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Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language::Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.

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[–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They probably have nothing interesting to say anyway. After a year or two all the scientists will be like "I fucking know you like krill, whale. Shut the fuck up about the krill already".

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago

    [Arthur Dent] learned to communicate with birds and discovered that their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with wind speed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios, and a fair bit about berries.

    -- Douglas Adams, 'Life, the Universe, and Everything.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I kind of still want to know what I'm sleeping to.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Horny whale noises

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Can I try putting it in your blowhole this time?"

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No Frank, idw Whale cum in my lung again.

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