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Valnao@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

www.theguardian.com

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Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

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Valnao@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago
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Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own
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    When they taught apes sign language, it got stuck on the fact that they couldn’t form structured sentences (they just mimed jumbled strings of words). Perhaps whales will be different?

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      You trying to tell me this is not a correctly structured sentence from my boy Nim the chimp,

      Give Me Orange Give Orange Me Give Eat Orange Me Eat Orange Give Me Eat Orange Give Me You

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        I mean it seems he got the jist of the meaning

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        Well, at least he tried

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