#whale song

[dewitty1]

Roger Payne, the scientist who spurred a worldwide environmental conservation movement with his discovery that whales could sing, has died. He was 88.

Payne made the discovery in 1967 during a research trip to Bermuda in which a Navy engineer provided him with a recording of curious underwater sounds documented while listening for Russian submarines. Payne identified the haunting tones as songs whales sing to one another.

He saw the discovery of whale song as a chance to spur interest in saving the giant animals, who were disappearing from the planet. Payne would produce the album “Songs of the Humpback Whale” in 1970. A surprise hit, the record galvanized a global movement to end the practice of commercial whale hunting and save the whales from extinction.

#Roger Payne #Songs of the Humpback Whale #1970s #marine biology #Whale song #Science #Rest in peace #Marine science #Underwater life #Ocean life #Sea creatures #Celebrity death #tw celebrity death #Youtube

[stealingyourbones]

Re: Danny makes whale sounds and Aquaman can understand them

So the JL needs something from the Ghost King for something and they find a way to get Danny there (summing or asking Constantine or something). When he gets there the JL are trying to convince him to help but they can’t understand what he’s saying. He’s not using English to communicate but they thought he would be able to (maybe it’s a trust thing or maybe there’s something wrong and he can only speak with his core). He recognizes Aquaman from when he has visited the whales and gets really excited and so he starts talking to him using whale-song and the rest of the JL is like “wtf?” And Arthur is just responding without a second thought and translating for Danny.

JL is very confused as to why the Ghost King is a teenager who speaks whale but ohwhale what can you do.

OG post. Follow Up Post

thanks for the pun that felt like someone slapped me in the face with a dead tuna. That was glorious.

It's such a beautiful and soft sound. It's eerie in a way but it's gentle and sweet.

One day that soft whale song turns into a bellow. one that sounds like a thousand whales crying out in agony and pain.

the Ghost King isn't remotely nearby, but everyone heard it. They didn't understand the language but they knew exactly what it entailed.

Someone hurt the sweet soul who spoke in whale song. Someone hurt them very very badly. That person must pay.

#shovin some angst in there dont mind mE #danny phantom #dp x dc #dc comics #writing prompts #dpxdc #dp x dc prompt #bones replies #jaytriesstuff #whale song

[taa4m]

if your hands need to break more than trinkets in your room, you can lean on my arm as you break my heart

fanart for @voidwaren​ ‘s amazing fanfic warren is strange/whale song based on these lines from i dont smoke by mitski i thought fit really well with warren’s sort of savior/hero complex where he internalizes everyone’s need for help ::) i love this fic sm!! check below for alt versions

#IM OBSESSED warren is strange im still reading whale song atm and goddd its so good #i definitely wanna draw more for this fanfic its so perfect #life is strange #lis #warren graham #lis fanart #nathan prescott #chloe price #max caulfield #rachel amber #grahamscott #warren is strange #whale song #taamart

[bethanythebogwitch]

A lot of people underestimate how loud whale song is. Its usually depicted as these gentle lullabies when really its more like this

#marine biology shitpost #whale song #whale sounds #whales #loud #Youtube

[zoeflake]

Haunting song of humpback whales

#whales #whale song

[elpsycongruent]

i heard a song so beautiful i started crying???

#whales #Y'ALL #i am fucking VERKLEMT #i have NEVER seen a whale while diving before #and this guy sang for TWENTY STRAIGHT MINUTES??? #this is the only vid where you can see him but like #that whole dive? #whale song #and like #logically you know that it has to be loud to carry like that #but it's another thing to FEEL your bones vibrate with it #the percussive force of it is shocking #it gets louder and louder and until your teeth rattle behind your reg #and you know #you KNOW he's got to be close! #but you still can't see him #and then you blink #and BOOM #there he is #right in front of you #i just #FUCK #my life is complete??? #ocean nerd #shut up lulu

[thuktunflishithy]

Imagine if instead of roaring or growling, T.rex actually sang like its modern avian relatives. It would be a nice subversion for media depictions of dinosaurs if instead of some terrifying or guttural cry, they gave Tyrannosaurus rex some of the most beautiful and sonorous calls ever made by nature, like the bass version of a warbler or a cretaceous whalesong.

#dinosaur #dinosaurs #t.rex #t-rex #tyrannosaurus rex #prehistoric planet made me think this #prehistoric planet #paleontology #bird singing #whale song #nature #science

[podplane]

Whale Song is an original pilot for a show Ester Ellis is planning on making in the future. It premiered as part of the Apollo Creator Showcase and absolutely blew me away. I do a few lines of voice acting in it, just a tiny part in comparison to the elaborate, behemoth effort of this pilot. It is absolutely incredible. If you have 24 minutes to spare, go listen to it. Right now. You can find it on the Apollo podcast app. To listen, download the app (it's free), tap "creator showcase," and scroll down a bit until you see Whale Song, and hit play. You can also find it on the feeds for Station Blue and The Goblet Wire. I tweeted, upon listening, "The music. The sound design. The acting. THE STORY. Get it in your ears immediately." and I am right. There are sea shanties. Siren songs. A psychedelic sequence of sound design. Interweaving dialogue that balances and bobs like the ocean. The acting is phenomenal, and the writing hit me right in the soul. I don't want to spoil this trans folklore experience for you, so I will simply say: it is one of the best things I have heard this year.

#whale song #audio drama #audio fiction #seriously it's fucking amazing go listen

[thoughtportal]

Sounds constantly arrive from different spaces and times. And somehow whales decipher an acoustic world where the past and present arrive all at once. It’s like knowing how each of the stars fit within time using just your ears."

#article #whale #whales #whale song #nature #science #biology #zoology #ocean #the sea

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Whale song mystery solved by scientists

22 February 2024

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#humpback whale #whales #whale song #voice box #baleen whales #vocal anatomy #sound #ocean noise #noise pollution #marine mammals #ocean #environment

[marrynathanprescott2022]

Nathan already having enough trauma in canon

Fic writers🤝 Adding more pain while squishing his cheeks: Our little mental baby boy can fit so much trauma inside...

Still love u guys tho

#nathan prescott #special mention: Exposure #the listening #whale song #a walk in chiaroscuro #the sense of me #staying vertical #memento mori #dont close your eyes #we find ourselves

[prose2passion]

Male whales along Australia’s eastern seaboard are giving up singing to attract a mate, switching instead to fighting their male competition.

Headline sounds like something from Meat Loaf ...

#science #whales #behaviour #soundscape ecology #whale song #ecology

[loislaina]

#this is so fascinating #whale #whale song #language

[starplanes]

I always hesitate to proclaim a best anything of a year, but today I have an exception. The best podcast episode of 2022 for me was the WHALE SONG PILOT! It blew my mind. I said after my first listen: "The music. The sound design. The acting. THE STORY. Get it in your ears immediately." and I was right. If you haven't experienced this episode yet, you have such a treat ahead of you.

There are sea shanties. Siren songs. A psychedelic sequence of sound design. Interweaving dialogue that balances and bobs like the ocean. The acting is phenomenal, and the writing hit me right in the soul. I don't want to spoil this trans folklore experience for you, so I will simply say once more - it is the best things I heard this year. And I heard many AMAZING things this year.

#audio drama #audio fiction #whale song #IT'S FUCKING INCREDIBLE #Spotify

[heraldofcrow]

HEY.

@bimbomcgee I have a whale song for you from our girl, Yuka Kitamura herself, and as a fellow whale-lover, I feel compelled to share 🥺🫶

#she put the whale calls in and everything!! #she’s a fan!! #and now we can hear what happy Souls music would sound like too! #🖤🖤🖤 #i love whales *sobs* #whale song #yuka kitamura #mutuals #CrowNotes #music

[helloeezkitty]

Introducing: the Bowhead Whale!

Some facts about the Bowhead Whale (or Baleana Mysticetus):

Bowhead whales can live for over 200 years!

This sadly means some Bowhead whales alive today will have been alive during the height of the whaling industry.

Bowheads almost went extinct during the this period, because they swim slowly, and their oil and baleen was very valuable.

Baleen was used as material for umbrella stays, skirt hoops, fishing rods, shoehorns, and other products in the 1800s. Whale oil was mainly used as fuel for lamps, and for soap.

Bowhead whales live in the very cold waters of Arctic and subarctic. To protect and insulate from the cold, they have a layer of blubber that can be over a foot and a half thick!

This may sound like a huge amount, but Bowheads can grow up to 60 or even 65 feet long, and weigh up to 100 tonnes!

That’s 18-20 metres, and 100,000 kg!!!!

In spite of their size, they can still breach entirely out of the water!

As you might guess from the name, their heads are bow-shaped and very large - in fact, they make up about a third of their entire length! The whales use their skulls to break through the thick ice (up to 60cm/2 feet!) of the Arctic/subarctic seas.

Because Bowhead whales are so very large, they have 2 blowholes instead of just one! They sit next to each other and help the whales get more oxygen (which their big bodies need to stay underwater for a long time).

Interestingly, not a lot of people seem to know that whales and dolphins both do need to come up to the surface to breathe! In the case of the Bowhead whale, they come up for roughly 1-3 minutes to breathe, before diving deep down (up to over 650 feet/200 metres) for normally 4-20 minutes. Some have held their breath for 40 minutes though!

Unlike most other whales, Bowheads don’t have dorsal fins (i.e. the fin you would expect to see popping out above the surface of the water).

This is because they have adapted to the environment they live in. No dorsal fin means less surface area and less heat loss, and makes it easier to swim closely under the ice sheets of the Arctic.

Beluga whales and Narwhals (2 other Arctic whales) are also missing this common trait!

Bowhead whales are baleen whales.

This means instead of teeth, they have baleen plates made of keratin (the same stuff human fingernails are made out of!).

Bowheads have the longest baleen plates of all whales!

Bowheads swim with their mouths open, the baleen plates filter through what they catch, and they mostly consume zooplankton/krill! They eat around 2 tonnes of food a day, and about 100 tonnes a year!

Bowhead whales are very vocal and musical!

“If humpback whale song is like classical music, bowheads are jazz… The sound is more free form” - Kate Stafford, University of Washington

Bowhead whales and Humpback whales are the only 2 who have calls which can be described as songs.

Humpback whales all learn one song each year to communicate with each other, and subsequently learn a new one every year.

Bowhead whalesong is much more improvisatory and varies far more than Humpback, with 184 distinct melodies counted over just 3 years! They are great composers!

Listen here to some Bowhead Whale song!

Bowhead whales are usually found alone or in small pods of 3-6 whales.

Although they are quite solitary, they still like to communicate via song or by breaching the water and can actually be quite playful!

Female bowheads typically give birth to 1 calf every 3-4 years.

The gestation period lasts around 13-14 months. The calf is then fed with milk from its mother for usually around 9-12 (although up to 15) months before being weaned off.

Bowhead calves are born between 13-15 feet long, weighing around 1,000 kg, and within 30 minutes of birth, can swim on their own!

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#bowhead whale #balaena mysticetus #what a cool name #whale #whales #whale fact #whale song #i love whales