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Few of us rarely get to hear the beautiful and haunting sound of whale songs.
But if you have, the tunes won’t all be the same.
Whales, like humans, experience cultural evolution through their sounds.
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Now, there’s new research to show that song revolutions happen, too.
Sometimes, a whole new song is suddenly adopted from a neighboring population of whales.
In each area, however, the same sounds might be strung together in slightly differentbut specificways.
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Previously, it was known thathumpback whalesover 6,000 miles apart were singing the same songs.
Some believe that whale songs potentially travel around the whole world.
The researchers have likened the songs of humpback whales to the characteristics of the songs ofsongbirds.
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But how exactly do the whale songs pass from one group of humpbacks to another?
We’re still learning about whale songs and exactly what they mean.
Or, in their underwater song world, it might even go global.
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