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A team of scientists has a new idea for how to save migrating blue whales from dangerous collisions with ships: shut up and listen.<\/p>
It turns out that there’s a distinct change in the blue whale’s song just before it begins its annual migration south, Popular Science <\/a><\/em>reports<\/a>. By paying attention to those changes, the Stanford University scientists say, they might be able to warn ship operators in the area of the upcoming migration.<\/p> Blue whales summer in the northeast region of the Pacific Ocean but travel to the coast of Central America in Autumn, PopSci<\/em> reports, where they breed and wait out the cold weather. According to the team’s research<\/a>, published Thursday in the journal Current Biology<\/em>, the whales sing during the night, but switch to a daytime song right before their migration begins.<\/p> “There is a near real-time signal of what these animals are doing out in a habitat that’s historically been really difficult to observe,” Stanford biologist and study coauthor William Oestreich told PopSci<\/em>.<\/p> Getting advance warning would be great both for whales and the boats in the areas, as collisions can be destructive<\/a> for vessels as well as fatal for the giant mammals.<\/p> “That could be one piece of the puzzle to more dynamically manage those habitats and shipping lanes in a way that allows shipping to continue,” Oestreich told PopSci<\/em>, “but also in a way that is safe for these whale populations.”<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>We can protect whales from ship strikes by translating their songs<\/a> [Popular Science<\/em>]<\/p> More on whales: <\/strong>Whales and Sharks Are the New Victims of Our Plastic Waste, Study Finds<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Scientists Suggest Teaching Ships to Speak Whale Language<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> See original here: Decoder Ring A team of scientists has a new idea for how to save migrating blue whales from dangerous collisions with ships: shut up and listen. It turns out that there\u2019s a distinct change in the blue whale\u2019s song just before it begins its annual migration south, Popular Science reports . Continue reading Fair Warning<\/h2>
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