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I can understand that his migration routes are away from most other whales but one thing that keeps coming up, especially in the linked articles: > And here's
by kahawe 14y ago
I can understand that his migration routes are away from most other whales but one thing that keeps coming up, especially in the linked articles:
> And here's the cry of the lonely 52-Hertz whale, which no other whale can return -- as if whale songs weren't mournful enough.
Does anyone know whether this is true? Other whales could not hear/understand him even IF they were close-by because of the higher frequency? And he could not hear other whales either?? Both of these seem very unlikely to me, especially the second one, but I am no expert. I am just assuming if his signature is that of a baleen whale just at a higher frequency, wouldn't others still recognize that IF they were close?
If anything, following the human interpretation of this as the "poor lonely-heart whale", he just has to get out of his comfort zone and explore the waters more... this too "could be viewed as inspiration to anyone with a lonely heart"!
- eru 14y agoPerhaps the author meant, that they can not be returned in kind because other whales sing at different frequencies? (I.e. they can hear, but not produce that.)
- hcrisp 14y agoI take it that no other whale can hear him, but he can hear them. He's effectively mute (to them). However, loss of one sense is often compensated for by acuteness in other senses. If he can hear them, he can find them. Might he not have other ways of communicating? Whale sign language when near, or voiceless noises when far away? I'm hopeful.