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– Researchers studying whales on the west Indian Ocean have been stopped. They recorded a song of whales they had never heard before, which was described as a “slow, roaring ballad” by the New York Times. After a little lying under the water, they are reported to have been happily found in the magazine Sex at Risk Research: The song belongs to a previously unexplored blue whale population. This is particularly good news as blue whales, which grow to gargantuan size, are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, noting a role at Earther . After extinction to be hunted, the number of blue whales is estimated to be somewhere between 10,000 and 25,000. It is not clear how many belonged to the new population.
“It was amazing to find a whale song in your data that was completely unique, never reported before, and recognized as a blue whale,” said Salvatore Cerchio study co-author of Cetacean Program African Water Conservation Fund Sing low songs but each population has its own version, explains Science Daily, which is why researchers were able to identify the new group, which may be a subspecies “It’s like hearing different songs within a genre – Stevie Ray Vaughan v BB King,” Cerchio tells the Amannan. “It’s blues, but you know the different styles. Researchers say the discovery makes it more important than protecting whales with regulations on shipping and carbon emissions. (Read more stories about blue whales.)