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Can Noise Affect Dolphins and Whales?
There's a huge number of marine vessels and boats in the world. All these boats on the water have an effect on cetaceans like whales and dolphins. So there are dolphins and whales out there that perhaps are trying to communicate, but are being blocked off by heavy shipping routes. If noise directly makes animals in the wild less efficient at working together, then this could really have important negative consequences,. not only for the individual, but even at a population level.
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