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Whales can learn about danger and can warn each other, according to a study of how they dodged whaling ships in the 19th century
Whales can learn about danger and can warn each other, according to a study of how they dodged whaling ships in the 19th century
Marianne GuenotApr 7, 2021, 16:59 IST
An annotated image of a sperm whale.Insider/Francois Gohier/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Sperm whales changed their
That behavior spread among sperm whales and disrupted the whaling industry, scientists found.
This could be an example of
animal culture , the lead author of the study told Insider.
Insider/Francois Gohier/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Sperm whales changed their behavior to dodge whaling ships in the 1800s, according to a study.
That behavior spread among sperm whales and disrupted the whaling industry, scientists found.
This could be an example of animal culture , the lead author of the study told Insider.
Sperm whales learned to escape from whaling boats in the 19th century and passed the information to other whales, adding evidence that whales could pass on behaviors through social learning, according to a new study.
The study, which was published in Biology Letters on March 17, found that sperm whales quickly changed their behaviour in response to the whaling industry in the 1800s.
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