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Strange-Voiced Whale at Large in the Ocean
Reuters (via YAHOO! News) ^
| December 8, 2004
| Reuters
Posted on 12/08/2004 11:18:53 AM PST by mattdono
LONDON (Reuters) - A lone whale, with a voice unlike any other, has been wandering the Pacific for the past 12 years, American marine biologists said Wednesday.
Using signals recorded by the US navy to track submarines, they traced the movement of whales in the Northern Pacific and found that a lone whale singing at a frequency of around 52 hertz has cruised the ocean since 1992.
Its calls, despite being clearly those of a baleen, do not match those of any known species of whale, which usually call at frequencies of between 15 and 20 hertz.
The mammal does not follow the migration patterns of any other species either, according to team leader Mary Anne Daher.
The calls of the whale, which roams the ocean every autumn and winter, have deepened slightly as a result of aging, but are still recognizable.
The study by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, appears in the New Scientist magazine.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cetaceans; coastalenvironment; marinemammals; tedkennedy; whale; zoology
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To: YouPosting2Me
"Whale at Large in the Ocean" Where else would it be?
I think you mean what else would it be?
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:30:26 AM PST
by
Alouette
("Who is for the LORD, come with me!" -- Mattisyahu ben Yohanon, father of Judah Maccabee)
To: mattdono
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:31:18 AM PST
by
StoneColdGOP
(Name a shrub after me - something prickly and hard to eradicate.)
To: mattdono
No Helen Thomas pictures yet, though...
LQ
To: geopyg
Obviously this Whale belongs to an endangered species and we should not allow any ships to sail in the Ocean for fear this whale might be injured.
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:31:32 AM PST
by
sgtbono2002
(If God doesnt destroy Hollywood he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.)
To: camle
Oh so they did get pictures! Wow, I've never seen anything like that before!
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:31:32 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: RightWhale
Please don't target the 60-cycle hum, thank you.
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:31:39 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
(A Freeper is the real man a liberal's girlfriend wishes she had.)
To: mattdono
It's a Russian submarine disguised with a foam rubber whale suit. ;)
To: hushpad
I Was just gonna say, maybe this whale has been brought back from the future?
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:31:44 AM PST
by
Paradox
(Occam was probably right.)
To: Alouette
He's been livin' large and hummin' a higher pitch ever since he called for his Enzyte...
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:31:52 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Tagline temporarily out of commission due to excessive intake of gin-soaked raisins)
To: mattdono
To: dirtboy
hhhehehehhahahhaa... oh, that was terrible...hahahahhaa....
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:33:26 AM PST
by
Hi Heels
(Proud to be a Pajamarazzi.)
To: geopyg
Cool story! (I love stuff like this).
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:33:37 AM PST
by
najida
(Aunt to Miss Emily Ann- Cutest Baby in the World.)
To: mattdono
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:35:44 AM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Jonah Hex
It's very close to the natural tuning of the Cb harp.
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:35:57 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: RightWhale
It's very close to the natural tuning of the Cb harp. Oh, it's a harp's chord!
(I'm sorry, it was a bad pun, I won't ever do it again... until next time!)
;-)
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:37:37 AM PST
by
Jonah Hex
(A Freeper is the real man a liberal's girlfriend wishes she had.)
To: camle
I haven't seen such a disturbing image since Janet Reno.
To: mattdono
This is a wonderful but sad story. Poor whale. Maybe he is swimming the world, singing for his 52 hertz whale-woman. I hope he finds her.
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:38:42 AM PST
by
Old Lady
To: mattdono
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:39:01 AM PST
by
jwalburg
(Those buried included children still clutching toys)
To: mattdono
"The Incredible Mr. Limpit," perhaps. Good Don Knotts family film.
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:41:28 AM PST
by
Ruth A.
To: mattdono
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posted on
12/08/2004 11:41:56 AM PST
by
AnnaZ
(JESUS is the reason for the season... Merry CHRISTmas!)
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