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Researchers led by Fred Sharpe, a biologist affiliated with the SETI Institute, will report at #AbSciCon this week that humpback whales produce a sound never before described in scientific literature: a deep thrum that can travel at least five miles through the air.
To Sharpe, part of the lesson lies in what the thrums reveal about human perception, especially our tendency to miss signals that do not match what we expect to hear.
Learn more: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/whale-sound-thunder-science-bn72h6zlz