Internet Trolls Blow Hot Air At New Study Where Researchers Claim To Have A Fishy 20-Minute Conversation With Whale

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Dec 27, 2023 2:00 PM EST

Can you believe it? A new study came out where a scientist claims to have had a 20-minute conversation with a humpback whale. Whales are beautiful and intelligent creatures, but who knew they were also great conversationalists? No, we're not talking about "speaking whale" like Dori did in Finding Nemo, although that would be hilarious to see a scientist making those funny faces trying to communicate with the whale. No, these researchers used pre-recorded whale songs to have a "conversation" with a whale that they convinced to follow their boat. However, the flippin' funny trolls of the internet have one thing to say, "Fishy!"

The conversation is cool, but honestly, we're here for the funny comments. From asking the whale if they've seen a sunken submarine with some billionaires to the price of GTA VI, these comments are killin' us, smalls. Scroll down to have a giggly good time from these funny animal comments, and haaaAAAvveeEEE a gooOOOOOOOoood DAAAYYYYYYY (that's whale for: have a good day).

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    P SCIENTISTS HAD A GROUNDBREAKING 20-MINUTE "CONVERSATION" WITH A HUMPBACK WHALE NAMED TWAIN
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    pubity 1d In a groundbreaking encounter, the Whale-SETI research team engaged in a "conversation" with a humpback whale named Twain. The team, consisting of scientists from the SETI Institute, University of California Davis, and the Alaska Whale Foundation, used a recorded humpback "contact" call played into the sea through an underwater speaker.
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    Did the whale introduce himself as Twain, or did they give him this cute name? They say they used a recorded "contact" call, but what kind of contact? Maybe they instead of saying "whale hello" they were actually saying "Mark Twain Humpback III, you get your fins over here right now!" You know you're in trouble when the scientist uses your full name to get your attention.

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    Twain responded in a conversational manner, approaching and circling their boat during the 20-minute exchange. The researchers believe this is the first communicative exchange between humans and humpback whales in the humpback "language."
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    The study aims to develop intelligence filters for the search for extraterrestrial life, drawing parallels between human receivers and the communicative behavior of humpback whales. The team will use information theory to quantify communicative complexity and is preparing a second paper on non-audio communicative behavior.
    via pubity

    Are you telling us that whales can speak alien? That's the twist of the century. But to be honest, we're not really interested in how this can help us talk to aliens, we want to know what Twain thinks about dolphins or other whales. What is Twain's favorite color? We have so many questions and so little answers.

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    sogoodjewellry 1d Ask him if he's seen a submarine and some billionaires 10,649 likes Reply
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    corbin_roberts_1990 21h Did we name Twain, or did he introduce himself 2,999 likes Reply
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    insomniiacz 1d Ask him if it's really that deep 3,739 likes Reply
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    razalnadeem 1d So are you gonna tell us what they talked? 6,531 likes Reply
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    soba_masku 1d "Are you a whale?" "Yes." "Fascinating." 93 likes Reply
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    _ragulsrinivas_1d ask twain what's the retail price of GTA VI 2,501 likes Reply
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    openlygayanimals 1d Blowhole
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    cardosodwayne 20h Cause whales are old and they could have learned to speak alien in their years. Also they probably can travel to other planets by swimming since they don't breathe air?
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    414.ryan_ 1d we talking to animals before gta6 1,781 likes Reply
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    sinhaaditya 1d How high was the scientist 1,422 likes Reply
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    mimsumaa 1d what he be sayin? 166 likes Reply
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    Lead author Dr. Brenda McCowan from U.C. Davis says that the conversation goes a long way to emphasizing the intelligence of these creatures, and highlights how complex humpback communication systems are. The fact that they can create nets made of bubbles to catch fish, and even communicate extensively through their songs and calls is mind-boggling.
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    ajuwa619 21h "The more people I talk to, the more I like my barnacles " Whale Twain
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    cartonwaffles 23h Me playing cat meows on YouTube near my cat
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    fangorncity 20h "I said it's 'DWAYNE!""
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    accoladeindia 1d I want what the scientist had last night
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