MEXICO: Researchers from the Canadian Dalhousie University found that just like us humans, sperm whales pick up their click language from their family and close circle. They too reach out to each other in their own version of the language.
The 18 year long researrch by a team in Canada published the findings in the journal ‘Nature’. The study discovered that sperm whales in the Galapagos Islands reach out to each other in their own unique version of the click language.
Mauricio Cantor, of Canada’s Dalhousie University, is also the study author. She said, “Our research team spent many years in offshore seas investigating how sperm whales socialise and learn from each other; essentially, if there is culture in the deep ocean.”
He said the different codas were similar to slang, though they were more like different accents. We have no idea about the information these sounds are passing between each other, but we know they are different. Groups of females and calves live together for many years and communicate using a pattern of clicks, called codas. So we generally find mums, aunts, grandmas and friends, all hanging out and chit-chatting for their entire lives.”
The special feature of the sperm whales is that they happen to be the ones with the largest grey matter and nose. They dive the deepest and also have the most impactful sonar in nature. They are also the most communicative whales and use various interactive codes to connect with their own kind.
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