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#1 Mar 27 2006 at 10:27 AM Rating: Decent
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Whale song reveals sophisticated language skills

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8886--whale-song-reveals-sophisticated-language-skills.html wrote:
Humpback whales use their own syntax – or grammar – in the complex songs they sing, say researchers who have developed a mathematical technique to probe the mysteries of whale song.

The team adds that whales are the only other animals beside humans to use hierarchical structure in language, in which phrases are embedded in larger, recurring themes.



IF we ever learned to communicate with these things... waht would they have to say to us?
I'm thinking that the only things that they are really saying is "let's fu[/cyan]ck" and "who wants to fu[cyan]ck?" in all kinds of pretty whalesque ways.
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#3 Mar 27 2006 at 10:42 AM Rating: Decent
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They say dolphins have the mentality of a retarded 6 year old human.


just felt the need to say that.
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#4 Mar 27 2006 at 10:52 AM Rating: Good
From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wrote:
It is important to note that suddenly, and against all probabiliy, a Sperm Whale had been called into existance, several miles above the surface of an alien planet. Since this isn't a naturally tenable position for a whale, this innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identitity. This is what it thought, as it fell;

The Whale: Ahhh! Woooh! What's happening? Who am I? Why am I here? What's my purpose in life? What do I mean by who am I? Okay okay calm down calm down get a grip now. Ooh, this is an interesting sensation. What is it? Its a sort of tingling in my... well I suppose I better start finding names for things. Lets call it a... tail! Yeah! Tail! And hey, whats this roaring sound, wooshing past what I'm suddenly gonna call my head? Wind! Is that a good name? It'll do. Yeah, this is really exciting. I'm dizzy with anticipation! Or is it the wind? There's an awful lot of that now isn't it? And whats this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'! Thats it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me? Hello Ground!
[Dies]
The Book: Curiously the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias, as it fell, was, 'Oh no, not again.'


Favorite Chapter in the whole damn series.

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#5 Mar 27 2006 at 10:57 AM Rating: Good
Thanks for all the fish
#6 Mar 27 2006 at 11:27 AM Rating: Excellent
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Kelvyquayo, Eater of Souls wrote:
I'm thinking that the only things that they are really saying is "let's fu[/cyan]ck" and "who wants to fu[cyan]ck?" in all kinds of pretty whalesque ways.
So it's pretty much like IRC.
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#7 Mar 27 2006 at 11:59 AM Rating: Default
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So it's pretty much like IRC.


:D I laughed at that one.
#8 Mar 27 2006 at 1:12 PM Rating: Decent
They would say really mean things like "What the fu[black][/black]ck! You kill us for your materialistic ideas but now, we can talk and you just think you can drop it?! We are so done!" and then they would swim away. It'd be war.
#9 Mar 27 2006 at 1:34 PM Rating: Decent
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^^^

What big fat whales apparently say.
#10 Mar 27 2006 at 1:51 PM Rating: Decent
man hitchhiker's kicked ***...too bad the 4th or 5th book..(depending on if you count "zaphod plays it safe" as a book) had a terrible ending, though its all too true.
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