the island. The Paynes released the best-selling Songs of the Humpback Whale in 1970, and the whale songs were quickly incorporated into human music by,...
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great variety of vocalizations, notably the extended songs of the humpback whale. Although whales are widespread, most species prefer the colder waters...
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possibility is that songs bring in foreign whales to populate the breeding grounds. It has also been suggested that humpback whale songs have echolocating...
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The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 m (98 ft) and weighing up to...
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Baleen whales (/bəˈliːn/), also known as whalebone whales, are marine mammals of the parvorder Mysticeti in the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and...
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Whale vocalizations are the sounds made by whales to communicate. The word "song" is used in particular to describe the pattern of regular and predictable...
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Songs of the Humpback Whale is a 1970 album produced by bio-acoustician Roger Payne. It publicly demonstrated for the first time the elaborate whale vocalizations...
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The 52-hertz whale, colloquially referred to as 52 Blue, is an individual whale of unidentified species that calls at the unusual frequency of 52 hertz...
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The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as the finback whale or common rorqual, is a species of baleen whale and the second-longest cetacean...
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Biomusic (section Whale song in music)
begins and ends with recorded whale songs mixed with a symphonic orchestra. Another piece utilizing recorded whale song is the Earth Mass (Missa Gaia)...
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2019-11-03. "Official Charts Company: Whale". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-06-15. "Whale Songs *** Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography *** Music...
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Humphrey the Whale is a humpback whale that twice deviated from his Mexico to Alaska migration by entering San Francisco Bay. This behavior is unusual...
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"Whale Song" (Chinese: 鲸歌; pinyin: jīng gē) is a science-fiction short story by Chinese writer Liu Cixin, first published in 1999. The short story was...
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recording of Fluke has been issued with narration by Bill Irwin and whale songs. On July 29, 2004, NBC's Today Show author Nicholas Sparks chose Fluke...
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refer to: White Whale (band), a band based in Lawrence, Kansas "White Whale" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), 2018 TV sitcom episode "White Whale" (song), track on Everything...
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The pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) is a subspecies of the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) found in the Indian Ocean and the Southern...
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album, Songs of the Humpback Whale, which popularized the whale songs, and was perhaps the greatest single contribution to awakening humanity to whales. The...
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Porphyrios (Greek: Πορφύριος) was a large whale that harassed and sank ships in the waters near Constantinople in the sixth century. Active for over fifty...
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is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in...
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Songs of the Humpback Whale may refer to Whale vocalization, sounds are used by whales for different kinds of communication Songs of the Humpback Whale...
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Look up whale in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A whale is a sea mammal. Whale or The Whale may also refer to: Cetus, a constellation also known as...
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humpback whale and a subspecies of blue whale found in the Indian Ocean, are known to produce repeated sounds at varying frequencies, known as whale songs. Male...
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submarines. Payne described the whale songs as "exuberant, uninterrupted rivers of sound" with long, repeated "themes", each song lasting up to 30 minutes and...
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The Whale is a 2022 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and adapted by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play of the same...
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"Blue Whale" (Russian: Си́ний кит, romanized: Siniy kit), also known as the "Blue Whale Challenge", is a social network phenomenon dating from 2016 that...
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The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and is the only living representative of the genus...
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Jacqueline Wilson (redirect from The Longest Whale Song)
Dame Jacqueline Wilson DBE FRSL (née Aitken; born 17 December 1945) is an English novelist known for her popular children's literature. Her novels have...
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discovery of the 52-hertz whale, the negative impact of whaling, the release and reception of the Songs of the Humpback Whale record, the detrimental effects...
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"Whale" is the debut single by Welsh band Catatonia, released in 1994 as a non-album release on the Rough Trade label. It later appeared on the compilation...
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