Exciting news from the ocean! 🌊 International scientists have discovered that whale noises and songs share the same structural patterns as human language. 🐋🗣️
Researchers spent eight years analyzing humpback whale song recordings collected in New Caledonia, located in the stunning South Pacific. They listened to groans, moans, whistles, barks, shrieks, and squeaks to uncover these amazing similarities.
\"Their noises and our words share a common pattern,\" said Emma Carroll, a marine biologist at the University of Auckland and an expert in whale genetics. She added that this finding is \"something truly fascinating.\" 😮
While this doesn’t mean whales have a language like ours, it suggests that two evolutionarily distant species might have similar ways of communicating and learning their communication systems. 🧠✨ It's a wonderful glimpse into the incredible ways life on Earth connects us all!
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Scientists find whale song, human language share same structure
cgtn.com
