BIG GIRL TALK!
Globe US|May 13, 2024
Scientists hold first chat with wild whale
BIG GIRL TALK!

RESEARCHERS have conducted the first ever heart-to-heart with a whale — and say the fishy conversation is the first step toward communicating with space aliens!

The groundbreaking 20-minute chat with a 38-year-old female humpback whale named Twain took place off the coast of Alaska — and made quite a splash!

Scientists say the astonishing interaction with the burly baleen involved playing back “whup/throp” sounds they recorded from a vocalizing whale pod.

This story is from the May 13, 2024 edition of Globe US.

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