Can You Survive Inside a Sperm Whale?

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Can You Survive Inside a Sperm Whale?

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Very interesting.

"Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/sperm-whales-alphabet-vocalizations-similar-humans

#whales #spermwhale #spermwhales #potvissen #language #taal

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I'm counting the days when we can successfully communicate with sperm whales 🐳. We will finally be able to apologise for almost making them extinct because of our thirst for money and "progress".

And we could tell them one of the greatest books ever written by our civilization is about them! 😍

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/sperm-whales-alphabet-vocalizations-similar-humans

Melville would be proud. 🫶🏾

#melville #hermanmelville #mobydick #whale #spermwhale #nonhumans

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

The Guardian

Okay this is wild — sperm whales apparently have their own phonetic "alphabet" with vowel-like sounds, tones, and layered structures that work a lot like human language.
These guys have been having deep, multi-generational conversations for millions of years. Just passing down knowledge like we do.
Honestly just a really cool reminder that we're not the only intelligent, cultural species on this planet. Nature still finds ways to blow my mind.

#whale #language #spermwhale

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/sperm-whales-alphabet-vocalizations-similar-humans

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

The Guardian

WOAAAHHHH!!! 😍🐋🥰

"Not only do sperm whales have a form of 'alphabet' and form vowels within their vocalizations but the structure of these vowels behaves in the same way as human speech, the new study has found".

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/sperm-whales-alphabet-vocalizations-similar-humans

#spermwhale #whales #language #animalbehaviour

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

The Guardian

Rotting #SpermWhale #carcass forces relocation of #Tasmania's largest open water swim.

A 40-tonne sperm whale carcass has been decomposing on a Tasmanian beach for the past month and the state's environment department says it is not feasible to move it.
The carcass, and concerns about it attracting sharks, has forced the annual #DevilOfASwim to be moved from #Bicheno to #ColesBay.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-11/decomposing-whale-carcass-relocates-open-water-swim/106537682

'They attract sharks': Rotting whale carcass forces ocean swim to move

A 40-tonne sperm whale carcass has forced the relocation of Tasmania's biggest open water swim. Organisers of the event had hoped it would be moved, but the state's environment department says that was not feasible.

Scientists Capture First-Ever Detailed Footage of Sperm Whale Birth

Observations of whale births in the wild are uncommon.

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Scientists captured rare video of a sperm whale birth. What they learned from that remarkable moment
Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behaviour of these large, elusive mammals.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sperm-whale-birth-video-9.7144808?cmp=rss