Variations in tempo, rhythm and length of the whales’ click sequences, called codas, weave a rich acoustic tapestry. These variables hint that whales can combine click patterns in multiple ways ...

But there’s also a lot we don’t know about them, including what they may be trying to say to one another when they communicate using a system of short bursts of clicks, known as codas.

Sperm whale vocalizations are arranged in at least 150 known repeatable patterns, known as codas. Previously, scientists analyzed these codas in isolation. But by plotting the codas in relation to ...

The streams of clicks are divided into what are called “codas” and the calls are known as sperm whale “songs” — although they’re not very musical and can sound a bit like hammering and ...

Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using bursts of clicking noises — called codas — sounding a bit like Morse code. A new analysis of years of vocalizations by sperm ...

And in a parallel to human language, neighboring clans distinguish themselves with markedly different codas. Sperm whales spend much of their lives in the deep ocean, hunting alone in the pitch ...

So, seeing an entire Sperm Whale family cuddled together to "have a conversation," making their astounding clicking sounds, is nothing short of awe-inspiring, as this incredible video shows. This is a ...

Charles Darwin suggested that humans learned to speak by mimicking birdsong: our ancestors’ first words may have been a kind of interspecies exchange. Perhaps it won’t be long before we join the ...

Sperm whales communicate through rhythmic patterns of clicks called codas. The set of vocalised coda types combined with how frequently they are used makes up a vocal repertoire and define ...

The nonprofit organization Project CETI (a play on SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, but also short for Cetacean Translation Initiative) seeks to decipher whale codas—snippets ...

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