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Three pilot whales swimming by at the surface.

Three pilot whales swimming by at the surface.
Three pilot whales swimming by at the surface.
Three pilot whales swimming by at the surface.
Three pilot whales swimming by at the surface.
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van Cise, Amy
Three pilot whales swimming by at the surface.
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08/01/2017
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NMFS Permit #15530.
Caption from WHOI News Release dated 12/18/2018:
The groups of pilot whales all use the same habitat, but have different vocal repertoires. This means that theyre purposely not associating with each other, says WHOI researcher Amy Van Cise.
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Like different human social groups, short-finned pilot whales living off the coast of Hawaii have their own sorts of vocal dialects, according to a new study by WHOI researchers. Its sort of like if youve got hipsters and prep kids in the same high schooleach group has different slang, says Amy Van Cise, a postdoctoral scholar in the Sensory Ecology and Bioacoustics Lab at WHOI and lead author of the study. They identify themselves with certain speech to maintain that separation. The discovery may help researchers understand the whales complex social structure. (NMFS permit #15530)
Photo by Amy van Cise
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