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Justin (koavf)🌻🍉🇪🇭🌿@lemmy.ml to Linguistics@mander.xyz · 16 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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Justin (koavf)🌻🍉🇪🇭🌿@lemmy.ml to Linguistics@mander.xyz · 16 days ago
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Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own
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    we have to be careful what we say near them. if they figure out what the fuck we call them they’ll have questions.

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      What would they call us? Shucked turtles?

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        it’s a matter of time until they figure out why we call them sperm whales, starting a human whale war

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