Whale reference

The songs of humpback, blue and other baleen whales are generated by the unusual anatomy of their larynx, according to a new paper.

A blue whale has turned up in the Red Sea, the long spit of water separating Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea from the Arabian Peninsula. It's the first time a blue whale has ever been seen in the Red Sea, according to a statement from Egyptian Environmental Minister Khaled Fahmy, as reported today (May 31) by the news outlet Egypt Independent.

Whales at different spots around the globe communicate with different variations of the sound, an analogue to human dialects.

If you feel like you're missing that spark of inspiration, go whale-watching with Peter Reading. He... delivered rare moments of epiphany, calm and wonder.Tim Dee (Writer, Radio Producer and Birdwatcher) You might have to persist with today's blog for a while. Because I’m going to tell you that Cetacean (meaning ‘a marine mammal such as a whale, dolphin or porpoise’), a poem describing a successful whale-watching trip, is not a poem about whale-watching. Wait – don’t give up on me just yet…

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