Mediterranean sperm whale population splitting into two groups with distinct dialects, study finds
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Chris Simms
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A study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals that an isolated population of sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea is splitting into two distinct groups with different dialects. Based on thousands of audio recordings, researchers found that the two groups have developed their own communication patterns, suggesting a divergence that has likely been occurring over thousands of years from an initial single population.
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· 3 pulledAn isolated population of sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea are splitting into two distinct groups with different dialects, a new study reveals.
This shift has likely been happening for thousands of years, as two groups split from an initial single population.
The findings, published Tuesday (June 23) in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, are providing a
Thousands of recordings of sperm whale communications in the Mediterranean Sea reveal that the population might be splitting into two groups with their own dialects.
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