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  1. #Spermwhales change ‘vowel’ sounds when #boats are nearby, scientists discover
    Researchers from Project #Ceti, a non-profit research organisation working to decode #spermwhale communication, spent four years tuning in on the calls of 15 sperm whales off the coast of Dominica.
    They discovered specific differences in sperm #whale “codas”, the discrete and distinctive patterns of clicks that this species utters to communicate when those whales encountered shipping.
    theguardian.com/environment/20

  2. Ancient fossil sperm #whale may have been active predator phys.org/news/2025-05-ancient-

    Awakening #Patagonia's sleeping #SpermWhale: a new description of the Early #Miocene Idiorophus patagonicus. By Florencia Paolucci et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    "Its snout features point to a lifestyle quite different from modern sperm #whales. It was likely an active predator of large #fish and possibly #seabirds, while extant #SpermWhales feed mostly on #cephalopods or small fish through suction feeding"