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\nCommunicating underwater is challenging. Light and odors don't travel well, but sound moves about four times faster in water than in air - which means marine mammals often use sounds to communicate. The most famous of these underwater...\nCommunicating underwater is challenging. Light and odors don't travel well, but sound moves about four times faster in water than in air - which means marine mammals often use sounds to communicate. The most famous of these underwater vocalizations is undoubtedly the whale song. Stephanie Sardelis decodes the evocative melodies composed by the world's largest mammals.\n
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2016
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environmental science, humpback whales, baleen whales, whales, singing, species, phrases, water, lungs, kilometers
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life sciences, science & technology, human activity, breeding grounds, whale songs, pattern, vocalization, communicate, ocean, whistles, cries, world, sing, blue, thin, exhale, causing, observe, ufold, vibrate, sacs
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