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Whales Are Polite Conversationalists and do not interrupt each other

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Posted 28 October 2009 - 02:22 PM

www.underwatertimes.com said:

Whales Are Polite Conversationalists: Rhythms Can Be Spotted In Ocean's Chatter; 'They Do Not Interrupt Each Other'

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- What do a West African drummer and a sperm whale have in common? According to some reports, they can both spot rhythms in the chatter of an ocean crowded with the calls of marine mammals -- a feat impossible for the untrained human ear.

Now a group of marine biologists at the Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center has developed a tool that can spot these rhythms and identify individual animals.

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