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Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Man the AI translations of all those calming tracks are gonna be wild, were gonna hear some sweet old whale gossip.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

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