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52-hertz whale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52-hertz_whale
67•brightbeige•23h ago

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MisterTea•6h ago
The serendipitous part of this article is the mention of Collin Stetson in the music section. I met Collin when he was living in NYC around the early 00's, bar tending at a place in Williamsburg I frequented. Really nice guy who introduced me to interesting music like Mr Bungle, a band Mike Patton of Faith No More started before FNM (And I knew FNM.) I saw Collin perform at a small venue once too. Very impressive how he played the giant contrabass sax. I'm happy to see Collin built a musical career and earned a Wikipedia page.
dang•1h ago
Related. Others?

52-Hertz Whale - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40702767 - June 2024 (10 comments)

52-Hertz Whale - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27787411 - July 2021 (1 comment)

52-hertz whale - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17477087 - July 2018 (34 comments)

52-hertz whale - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11185764 - Feb 2016 (89 comments)

52 Hz whale - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9116161 - Feb 2015 (1 comment)

52 Hertz: The Loneliest Whale in the World - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4531563 - Sept 2012 (57 comments)

_doctor_love•1h ago
The loneliness aspect of the whale tugs at my heartstrings. I know I am most likely romanticizing and anthropomorphizing nature, but still.
nkrisc•1h ago
I've only read the linked Wikipedia article, but is there any evidence that calling at this frequency somehow impedes communication with other whales? I don't know very much about how whales communicate and socialize.
1970-01-01•1h ago
Whales have the biggest brains on the entire planet. Scientifically proven they have feelings. You're doing it right.
cortesoft•49m ago
Hopefully it is accepted by the other whales, even if it communicates in a different frequency. My quick research shows that blue whales can hear much higher frequencies, all the way up to about 18,000 hz, so it isn't like the other whales can't hear this one.

Hopefully the whale is accepted and communicated with, and the other whales just know them as "the one with the higher pitched voice"

1970-01-01•57m ago
Sounds like (hah) this is a job for cheap sea drones. Spread them out and have them listen and triangulate the location, and then go there with a human team.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_surface_vehicle#Ocean...

caycep•18m ago
although, just because we can, is it something we should?
booi•10m ago
yah what happened to leaving it the f alone?
zamadatix•7m ago
It'd be marine animal research as much as most other - I guess the answer is just the same as how much priority one normally ties to that for one's given reasoning.

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