The sound is sharp, spare and strange, a burst of clicks cutting through seawater. For years, researchers treated those sperm whale signals mostly as timing patterns, measuring pauses and rhythms the ...
New research reveals sperm whale communication is more complex than thought. Instead of simple clicks, whales use vowel-like sounds. These patterns are deliberate and structured, similar to human ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sperm whale clicks may contain vowel-like patterns that closely parallel human speech structure. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) The sound ...