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The Lombard effect in humpback whales
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2012The Lombard reflex is an increase in the subject's vocal levels in response to increased noise levels. While it has been demonstrated in humans and a small number of mammals and birds including some whales, it has not been demonstrated in humpback whales.
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Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
The release of Songs of the Humpback Whale in 1970 helped galvanize a torrent of North American activism to save the whale from commercial whaling. Whale song quickly became a cornerstone of environmentalist and New Age political culture. This article places humpback whale song science in the larger context of acoustic science and technology, arguing ...
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The release of Songs of the Humpback Whale in 1970 helped galvanize a torrent of North American activism to save the whale from commercial whaling. Whale song quickly became a cornerstone of environmentalist and New Age political culture. This article places humpback whale song science in the larger context of acoustic science and technology, arguing ...
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Humpback Whales: A Seemingly Socially Simple Whale with Communicative Complexity
2022Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) occur in all major oceans. Given this worldwide distribution, and since they tend to migrate along coastlines, they are one of the best known of the baleen whales. Humpbacks are relatively easy to find and easy to observe.
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Science (New York, N.Y.), 2010
1) Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) produce a series of beautiful and varied sounds for a period of 7 to 30 minutes and then repeat the same series with considerable precision. We call such a performance "singing" and each repeated series of sounds a "song." 2) All prolonged sound patterns (recorded so far) of this species are in song form, and
R S, Payne, S, McVay
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1) Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) produce a series of beautiful and varied sounds for a period of 7 to 30 minutes and then repeat the same series with considerable precision. We call such a performance "singing" and each repeated series of sounds a "song." 2) All prolonged sound patterns (recorded so far) of this species are in song form, and
R S, Payne, S, McVay
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Capturing the Songs of Humpback Whales
201325°0’S, 153°0’E, Hervey Bay, Australia, a long way out to sea, a distant soft moan triggers an unexpected response. Several humans fall to their knees and place their ears on the empty hull shells of the aluminium boat. We smile, cry and call out in wonder. We hear a whale singing.
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