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ANIMALS: They’re Smarter Than You Think

The Next Big Idea

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The Sound of Humpback Whales

Dr. Roger Payne was given a recording of these sounds from the waters of the Bahamas. When he proved that whales were singing, it made the front cover of science. As a conservationist, I am compelled by Roger's logic. Would we feel challenged by what we learned? How should we safeguard the power that this new knowledge would give us and not use it to manipulate and exploit?

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