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grahar64β€’about 1 hour ago
There must have been so much unseen behavior when there were millions more whales in the ocean. Here's hoping that we can see more
sidewndr46β€’38 minutes ago
Given the current trajectory of whale populations, 'we' probably won't be seeing that. Maybe in many generations of humans.
cortesoftβ€’13 minutes ago
Well, the population growth probably isn't linear, so maybe?
mulnzβ€’2 minutes ago
Warming kill off most of the systems these animals depend on within 30 years.
swframe2β€’about 3 hours ago
I hope we create whalegemma (similar to dolphingemma) so we can explain to them how to co-exist better with humans (e.g. avoid this area during their whale hunting season, travel to this area if you get sick or tangled in rope).
zyxinβ€’43 minutes ago
There is a group that is attempting to communicate with whales by training a transformer based model on whale sounds.

https://www.projectceti.org/

tclancyβ€’about 2 hours ago
It’s going to be prog rock, isn’t it?
parpfishβ€’about 2 hours ago
no, i think they're just going to start a podcast.
tclancyβ€’about 2 hours ago
Yes officer, this one right here.
dotspecβ€’31 minutes ago
It's the Entmoot of the sea.
astrocatβ€’about 2 hours ago
holy units batman

> Bursting from their enormous lungs at over 300mph (483km/h), a humpback whale's blow can rise up to 7m (23ft) into the air.

Pick a lane BBC.

But this is great news. Also the fact that whales "transport huge amounts of nutrients across the globe" (linking to [1]) is fascinating. The role of whales in sucking up critters in one place and pooping them out elsewhere being a fundamental dynamic that drives global ocean ecosystems... just chefs kiss

[1] https://www.nature.com/research-intelligence/nri-topic-summa...)

tom_β€’about 1 hour ago
I think the BBC policy is to provide every measurement in both types of unit.
gamerslexusβ€’about 1 hour ago
Ordering is inconsistent.
CarVacβ€’about 1 hour ago
They use MPH in the UK.
bitwizeβ€’about 2 hours ago
Perhaps they're forming a delegation to decide what to answer to that thing coming from space? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_IV%3A_The_Voyage_Hom...
dhosekβ€’about 1 hour ago
So long and thanks for all the fish, perhaps.