{"id":38220,"date":"2024-05-09T12:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T10:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c84b7d62-797a-403a-b55f-bbf46a992783"},"modified":"2024-05-09T13:37:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T11:37:02","slug":"whales-have-their-own-alphabet-challenging-the-view-that-complex-communication-is-unique-to-humans-finds-new-study","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/whales-have-their-own-alphabet-challenging-the-view-that-complex-communication-is-unique-to-humans-finds-new-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Whales have their own alphabet, challenging the view that complex communication is unique to humans, finds new study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers have used machine learning to decode sperm whale vocalisations and define a phonetic alphabet for the species. <\/p>

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Published: Thursday, 09 May 2024 at 10:31 AM<\/p>

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Scientists may have taken a step closer to understanding the language of whales<\/a>. <\/p>

In an exciting new study,\u00a0published<\/a> in\u00a0Nature Communications,\u00a0<\/em>researchers have revealed that sperm whale<\/a> communication involves complex structures similar to human language.<\/p>