Researchers have achieved an extraordinary feat by engaging in a 20-minute dialogue with a whale, debunking what might seem like a scene straight out of a science fiction movie.
American scientists successfully communicated with a 38-year-old whale named Twain in Southeast Alaska, marking a groundbreaking interaction.
Media reports detail how Twain responded to a pre-recorded ‘telephonic call,‘ engaging in what can be described as a ‘conversation’ with experts from the SETI Institute and UC Davis.
This milestone marks the first instance of a cross-species conversation between whales and humans, signaling a potential avenue for communicating with other forms of life in the future, according to the research team.
Using an underwater broadcast of a distinctive welcome call called a whup/throp, scientists lured the whale towards their vessel, prompting the whale to respond with its own version of a welcoming call.
