Rhyme‐like Repetitions in Songs of Humpback Whales
Abstract Humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) sing long, complex songs which continually change over time. In certain time periods the songs contain repeating patterns which structurally resemble human rhyming, and which, like human rhyming, tend to occur in highly rhythmical contexts. We spec...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1988.tb00718.x 2024-09-15T18:11:12+00:00 Rhyme‐like Repetitions in Songs of Humpback Whales Guinee, Linda N. Payne, Katharine B. 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1988.tb00718.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0310.1988.tb00718.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1988.tb00718.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ethology volume 79, issue 4, page 295-306 ISSN 0179-1613 1439-0310 journal-article 1988 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1988.tb00718.x 2024-07-23T04:15:38Z Abstract Humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) sing long, complex songs which continually change over time. In certain time periods the songs contain repeating patterns which structurally resemble human rhyming, and which, like human rhyming, tend to occur in highly rhythmical contexts. We speculate that humpback whales may use these repetitions as mnemonic devices, much as humans are thought to use rhymes. With this speculation in mind we examine 548 humpback whale songs from 7 years in the eastern North Pacific and 12 years in the western North Atlantic oceans. We find that rhyme‐like structures are most likely to occur in songs containing the most material to be remembered. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae North Atlantic Wiley Online Library Ethology 79 4 295 306 |
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Abstract Humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) sing long, complex songs which continually change over time. In certain time periods the songs contain repeating patterns which structurally resemble human rhyming, and which, like human rhyming, tend to occur in highly rhythmical contexts. We speculate that humpback whales may use these repetitions as mnemonic devices, much as humans are thought to use rhymes. With this speculation in mind we examine 548 humpback whale songs from 7 years in the eastern North Pacific and 12 years in the western North Atlantic oceans. We find that rhyme‐like structures are most likely to occur in songs containing the most material to be remembered. |
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Rhyme‐like Repetitions in Songs of Humpback Whales |
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Rhyme‐like Repetitions in Songs of Humpback Whales |
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Rhyme‐like Repetitions in Songs of Humpback Whales |
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Rhyme‐like Repetitions in Songs of Humpback Whales |
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rhyme‐like repetitions in songs of humpback whales |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1988.tb00718.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0310.1988.tb00718.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1988.tb00718.x |
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