Sound Playback Experiments with Southern Right Whales ( Eubalaena australis )

A variety of sound recordings were played to southern right whales. Whales approached the loudspeaker and made frequent sounds in response to recordings of other southern right whales, but swam away and made relatively few sounds in response to playbacks of water noise, 200-hertz tones, and humpback...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Clark, Christopher W., Clark, Jane M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1980
Subjects:
Humpback Whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.207.4431.663
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.207.4431.663
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spelling craaas:10.1126/science.207.4431.663 2024-06-09T07:46:36+00:00 Sound Playback Experiments with Southern Right Whales ( Eubalaena australis ) Clark, Christopher W. Clark, Jane M. 1980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.207.4431.663 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.207.4431.663 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 207, issue 4431, page 663-665 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1980 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.207.4431.663 2024-05-16T12:55:42Z A variety of sound recordings were played to southern right whales. Whales approached the loudspeaker and made frequent sounds in response to recordings of other southern right whales, but swam away and made relatively few sounds in response to playbacks of water noise, 200-hertz tones, and humpback whale sounds. Thus it appears that southern right whales can differentiate between conspecific sounds and other sounds. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 207 4431 663 665
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description A variety of sound recordings were played to southern right whales. Whales approached the loudspeaker and made frequent sounds in response to recordings of other southern right whales, but swam away and made relatively few sounds in response to playbacks of water noise, 200-hertz tones, and humpback whale sounds. Thus it appears that southern right whales can differentiate between conspecific sounds and other sounds.
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title_fullStr Sound Playback Experiments with Southern Right Whales ( Eubalaena australis )
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