Browsing by Subject "biological noise"

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    • The noisy neighbors who live underwater 

      De La Peña, Nonny (Manila Bulletin, April 19, 2008, on page 1)
      It was the end of January 2005, during the spawning season for a fish appropriately called the black drum. Nightly mating calls were at a crescendo. But no one living in the area seemed to realize the din was of aquatic origin.

    • Speech mimicked 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, October 24, 2012, on page 8)
      It could be the muffled sound singing in the shower or that sing-songy indecipherable voice from the Muppets' Swedish Chef. But scientists say it was a whale imitating people. In fact, the whale song sounded so eerily human ...

    • US scientists report whale making human voice sounds 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, October 24, 2012, on page A-26)
      US marine biologists puzzled by human-like sounds coming from the whale and dolphin tank of an aquarium concluded they were actually coming from a whale. Anecdotal reports of whales sounding like people are not new. But ...

    • Whales start their song off Antarctica 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 12, 2015, on page B7)
      A team of Australian and New Zealand researchers has tracked scores of blue whales off Antarctica, eavesdropping as the world’s largest animals began their rumbling song, which can be detected 750 kilometers away. During ...