Scientists record extraordinary sounds made by minke whales
When Jason Gedamke and Daniel Costa first went
to Australia to record the sounds of dwarf minke whales, people told them they were
wasting their time. There were very few reports of minke whale vocalizations, and
some experts believed the species rarely made any sounds at all. But according to
Gedamke, a UCSC graduate student, not only are minke whales vocal, their repertoire
includes a loud and distinctive songlike sequence unlike any previously recorded
whale sound. The researchers report their findings in the June issue of the Journal
of the Acoustic Society of America. MORE
