Chatting With Sperm Whales : Animals

A beautiful video of Sperm Whales Attempting to Communicate With Freedivers Using Clicking Noises.

“James Nestor freediver and author of The Deep, explains how citizen scientist freedivers interact with sperm whales and other sea life in ways that are not possible using other technologies. They can swim within feet of these giant mammals. And the whales amazingly reorient themselves as if to start a conversation. In fact they send clicks (recordings of which Nestor plays onstage) which are used for communication, not geolocation. When you realize how developed the brains of these creatures are, it’s not surprising that they would have something to say.”

I wish James Nestor were less dismissive of what he is presenting, as he has actual science to back up what he is sharing.