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55 points rbanffy | 2 comments | 03 Apr 25 20:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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Great overview of more complex vocal communications. Farley Mowat makes a similar case for wolves in Never Cry Wolf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Cry_Wolf

And almost certainly: cetaceans too.

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1. echelon ◴[04 Apr 25 00:36 UTC] No.43577135[source]▶

Every single one of these species need the "Whale-SETI" approach applied to them.

We're probably in for quite the shock when we finally decode their communications.

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2. whycome ◴[11 Apr 25 15:58 UTC] No.43655319[source]▶

But then everyone would become vegan. We can't have that.

Bonobos' calls may be the closest thing to animal language we've seen