Off Dominica in the Caribbean, scientists studying nearly 4,000 sperm whale codas found the animals combine click patterns in ways strikingly similar to human speech. Their “vowel-like” sounds shift in tone and timing, creating rich structures that may carry meaning — a major step toward understanding one of Earth’s most social species.
(c) Francesco Ungaro

Les clics des cachalots révèlent un langage marin sophistiqué

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Au large de la Dominique, dans les Caraïbes, des chercheurs ont analysé près de 4 000 séquences de clics de cachalots. Résultat : leurs sons “proches des voyelles” changent de ton et de durée selon des règles proches de celles de la parole humaine, ouvrant une nouvelle fenêtre sur la vie sociale de ces géants des mers.

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