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Humpback whales are forming super-groups(bbc.com)
49 points by andsoitis 3 days ago | 16 comments
grahar64 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

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

sidewndr46 33 minutes ago | parent [-]

Given the current trajectory of whale populations, 'we' probably won't be seeing that. Maybe in many generations of humans.

cortesoft 8 minutes ago | parent [-]

Well, the population growth probably isn't linear, so maybe?

swframe2 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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).

zyxin 38 minutes ago | parent [-]

There is a group that is attempting to communicate with whales by training a transformer based model on whale sounds.

https://www.projectceti.org/

tclancy 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s going to be prog rock, isn’t it?

parpfish 2 hours ago | parent [-]

no, i think they're just going to start a podcast.

tclancy an hour ago | parent [-]

Yes officer, this one right here.

dotspec 26 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's the Entmoot of the sea.

astrocat 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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...)

tom_ an hour ago | parent [-]

I think the BBC policy is to provide every measurement in both types of unit.

gamerslexus an hour ago | parent [-]

Ordering is inconsistent.

CarVac an hour ago | parent [-]

They use MPH in the UK.

aaronbrethorst 4 minutes ago | parent [-]

Their hours are pegged to the hogshead, and are about 3 seconds shorter than American hours.

bitwize an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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...

dhosek an hour ago | parent [-]

So long and thanks for all the fish, perhaps.