A whale breaching a hump
Zack Metcalfe
Human musicians must practice for thousands of hours to perfect their performance skills, and the same can be true of humpback whales.
It is widely believed that male humpbacks (Megaptera novaeangliae) sing to attract mates, but zoologists have recently realized that they also sing at high latitudes. nutrition soils, months before migrating to low-latitude breeding grounds, where they mate with a mate.
“We’re drowning in singing,” says Erin Wall of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, a nonprofit group…
