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Calls from the Deep

Nice Genes!

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Humpback whale songs: complexity, transmission, and meaning

This chapter explores the complexity of humpback whale songs and their transmission between populations. It discusses the cognitive capacity hypothesis, the possibility of songs being meaningless, and the reasons behind the occasional revolution in whale songs. The chapter concludes with an imaginative idea of turning humpback whale songs into an underwater Broadway musical.

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