Newly documented humpback whale behavior may offer insights into nonhuman intelligence-and help shape the search for life beyond Earth.🖖

SETI Institute vor 1 Std. •@setiinstitute@mastodon.social PRESS RELEASE: seti.org/press-release/whalese... A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble rings, like a human smoker blowing smoke rings, during friendly interactions with humans. This previously little-studied behavior may represent play or communication. IMAGE: Bubble ring created by a humpback whale named Thorn. CREDIT: © Dan Knaub, The Video Company #science #scicomm🖖

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#SETI-Instituts, #UniversityOfCalifornia in Davis dokumentierte zum ersten Mal #Buckelwale, die bei #freundschaftlichenInteraktionen mit Menschen große Blasenringe produzierten, wie ein menschlicher Raucher, Rauchringe.

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