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A whale that's known only by the sound of its voice

by grzm on 12/3/23, 12:14 PM with 24 comments

• by zeagle on 12/4/23, 2:45 AM

  Very interesting read. The article linked from it about Erden Eruç is equally fascinating.

  > The 62-year-old Wauna resident Erden Eruç (AIR-den AIR-rooch), already the holder of 16 Guinness world records, was on his way to doing just that when he launched his rowboat from Crescent City, California, June 22, 2021. After 239 days and over 7,800 miles alone across the Pacific for the second time, he became the first person to row from North America to Asia when he landed in the Philippines March 24, 2022, securing two more world records.

  Wow! There is reflecting from both him and his wife on the preparation and mental effect this has on both of them.

• by Paul-Craft on 12/4/23, 3:48 AM

  Title made me immediately think of 52 Blue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52-hertz_whale

• by sertbdfgbnfgsd on 12/4/23, 12:05 PM

  > A whale that's known only by the sound of its voice

  I have a co-worker like this.

• by iambateman on 12/4/23, 2:29 AM

  It’s wild how much we don’t know about the ocean and it’s creatures.

• by borg16 on 12/4/23, 6:04 PM

  Title reminded me of this episode of "The Wild" podcast[1]

  > This past summer, I was in Alaska in a little coastal town called Seward - a gorgeous spot on the Kenai Peninsula tucked between the ocean and some giant glacier-covered mountains. I met a guy named Dan Olsen, who records killer whale calls using an underwater hydrophone.

  [1] https://www.kuow.org/stories/eavesdropping-on-orcas-love-gri...

• by singularity2001 on 12/4/23, 3:48 PM

  what's the name of the Apple series in which the last living whale dies

• by RadixDLT on 12/4/23, 12:17 PM

  the name is kujira

• by userbinator on 12/4/23, 4:16 AM

  Given the elusiveness, I wonder if it's something else, military in nature, merely disguised as a harmless-sounding whale...