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Sperm whales communicate like humans, even using vowel sounds, study finds

"It's another humbling moment that we're not the only species with rich, communicative, communal, and cultural lives." ...

Choir turned my whale recordings into ocean song

A choir has turned recordings of whale sounds from one of their members into a song celebrating the ocean. Conservationist ...

Sperm whales make sounds like human vowels, scientists report

A new report from scientists at Project CETI demonstrates that the noises that sperm whales make to communicate with each other contain what humans would describe as vowels.
Scientific American

Sperm whales may make their own vowel sounds, similar to human language

Sperm whales, which make clicking sounds to communicate, use different “vowels” in ways similar to human speech ...
Newsday

Scientists made a breakthrough in the study of whale sounds. Here's a look at the numbers

PORTLAND, Maine — Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help understand how the animals communicate.