Scientists Talk To A Humpback Whale, Claim It Could Help Humans Chat With Aliens Someday
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The researchers placed an underwater speaker in the sea and played a recorded humpback ''contact call'' to which a humpback whale approached and circled their boats.
In a groundbreaking development, scientists have revealed they talked to a whale in its language, suggesting that the conversation could pave the way for interactions with aliens in the future. , the New York Post reported. Researchers from the University of California, Davis, the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute and the Alaska Whale Foundation said that they had a 20-minute ''conversation'' with a humpback whale named Twain.
The study has been published in the journal Peer J Life and Environment titled ''Interactive Bioacoustic Playback as a Tool for Detecting and Exploring Nonhuman Intelligence: 'Conversing' with an Alaskan Humpback Whale.''
The researchers placed an underwater speaker in the sea and played a recorded humpback ''contact call'' to which a humpback whale named Twain approached and circled their boats. During the 20-minute exchange, Twain responded to each playback call and matched the interval variations between each signal.
