SETI Institute on Nostr: Scientists may have discovered an alphabet in whale calls. Does it follow that whales ...
Scientists may have discovered an alphabet in whale calls. Does it follow that whales have language? We only know of one species that evolved with an impressive gift for gab, but is speech a unique human superpower? It’s “Animal Alphabets” on Big Picture Science.
Listen here:
https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/animal-alphabets #podcast #science #scicomm #whales
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