US EditionAre Humpback Whales Trying to Communicate? Bubble Rings May Be Key
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Air bubble code? Humpback whales show a curious behavior: The curious marine mammals often approach people and try to interact with them. For this they produce large donut-shaped rings from air bubbles. However, the whales produce these rings only towards humans – possibly as a kind of game or communication attempt, as suggested by analyses. In any case, this behavior testifies to unusual intelligence and could even help in the search for extrat…
A recent study by the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis suggests that humpback whales may be trying to contact us through never before documented behavior: the deliberate creation of perfect bubble rings during their encounters with humans, which, according to scientists, could represent an interspecies communication attempt. (Keep reading...) The entry Scientists discover a sheath about humpback whales was first published…
A new study has found that humpback whales deliberately blow rings of bubbles toward humans - a behavior not observed while eating or hunting.
Humpback whales communicate with us using bubble rings
Humpback whales can produce underwater rings for multiple reasons. One of them is to communicate with us! Image via Simon Hilbourne. Did you know that humpback whales can produce spectacular bubble rings underwater? In August 2024, scientists discovered humpback whales use this strategy to capture their prey — small crustaceans and fish — and feed. And on June 5, 2025, a group of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of Californi…
For decades, researchers have been trying to decipher the communication of the social and intelligent sword whales. Artificial intelligence could now set the decisive course. by BETTINA WURCHE In front of the bow of the "Tomorrow", an Orca family swims closely together. The heads of the black-and-white whales penetrate the water surface almost synchronously, in parallel they push warm breathing air out of their blowholes, which [...] Der Beitrag…
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