Scientists’ dialogue with the whale: “An introduction to communicating with aliens”

A 38-year-old humpback whale from southeast Alaska named Twin must have seemed surprised when he suddenly heard a greeting from a boat. The sound, played through underwater speakers, proved reason enough for Twain to return her welcome call. It’s a short conversation, but according to scientists from the SETI Institute and UC Davis the first.

Secret frequency

What is striking about this discovery is that whales usually only respond to specific species within a particular frequency. Now Twain has changed her frequency in response to the broadcast message, which according to researcher Dr. Brenda McCowan of the University of California, Davis, provides evidence that the whale actually had a conversation with the recorded call through mirror behavior.

doctor. Fred Sharp of the Alaska Whale Foundation points out that humpback whales are highly intelligent, have complex social systems, can make tools (such as bubble nets for fishing) and communicate extensively through songs and social calls. In other words: they seem to be a very suitable conversation partner in the run-up to conversations with a smarter life.

Head over head

Although whales don’t have much in common with aliens in appearance, scientists believe that contact with extraterrestrial life could be the next step. doctor. Lawrence Doyle of the SETI Institute is at least hopeful, suggesting that our current technological limitations may be why we haven’t yet heard from aliens, but they may be trying to communicate with us.

According to the researchers, aliens may want to contact so-called “high-energy pulses”, a new theory that states that information from aliens is transmitted somewhere in the center of the Milky Way. But since we have no way of knowing how aliens communicate, researchers are training with whales for now.

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