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The Science of Whales

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Producer(s)	Elizabeth O'Connell, Bo Boudart
Director(s)	Elizabeth O'Connell, Bo Boudart
Runtime	52 min
Format(s)	video
Youth Media	no

Film Description

Unforgettable footage and extraordinary animation explain the latest information we have of whale behavior. Since the U.S. Navy declassified top secret anti-submarine sonar technology, researchers are making important new discoveries that whales can talk to each other over distances of 1,000 miles and up. Vocalization provide information about migration routes, underwater obstacles, communication about prey during cooperative feeding, and "songs" for social communication.

This program shows that whales, like many other creatures sharing this planet with us, have a much more complex social life than we knew.