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Humpback Whales Change up Their Songs Like DJs
Humpback whales don’t change their songs through a process of cultural learning, a new study shows.
The findings contradict the widely accepted cultural transmission hypothesis that suggests whales learn their songs from other whales.
“It seems like that is not correct,” says Eduardo Mercado, a professor of psychology in the University at Buffalo. “Our findings indicate that neither cultural transmission nor social learning contributes significantly to how humpback whales change their songs over time.