Sentences with phrase «singing whale songs»

Whales speak to each other by singing whale songs.

Not exact matches

It's a whale song of supreme glory, of supreme defeat, sung across the planes of time.

The word «song» is used in particular to describe the pattern of regular and predictable sounds made by some species of whales (notably the humpback) in a way that is reminiscent of human singing.

During breeding season, which takes place over the winter months, groups of male humpback whales will display for potential mates by singing their famously haunting songs, breaching, and performing a host of other competitive displays that depend on speed, strength and size.

But the whales seem to get sick of their songs relatively quickly as each song was only sung Read more about Bowhead whales prolific composers - Scimex

Jodi Picoult, 48, is the bestselling author of twenty - three novels: Songs of the Humpback Whale (1992), Harvesting the Heart (1994), Picture Perfect (1995), Mercy (1996), The Pact (1998), Keeping Faith (1999), Plain Truth (2000), Salem Falls (2001), Perfect Match (2002), Second Glance (2003), My Sister's Keeper (2004), Vanishing Acts (2005), The Tenth Circle (2006), Nineteen Minutes (2007), Change of Heart (2008), Handle With Care (2009), House Rules (2010), and Sing You Home (2011), Lone Wolf (2012), The Storyteller (2013), Leaving Time (2014) and the YA novels Between The Lines (2012), and Off The Page (2015), co-written with her daughter Samantha van Leer.

Can you imagine watching the great humpback whales jump and play, swimming alongside your boat, singing their beautiful songs?

Your guide manning the floating zodiac raft above will recommend that you sing a song to the whales to further pique their interest — you can't go wrong with «Hey Jude» or «Penny Lane,» though «I am the Walrus» may cause a little confusion.

The Pacific Whale Foundation's Sunset Dinner Cruise sails out of Lahaina Harbor while a guitarist sings Hawaiian songs.

The little critter's singing prowess isn't exactly «musical» per se, sounding more like whale's songs than actual melodies, but the soundtrack itself more than compensates for that.

A low humming — something similar to the songs whales sing to one another — sounds every so often, and the floor vibrates a little.

Through my immersion in the world of whales, I discovered the work of Katy Payne, who in the 1960s discovered with her husband at the time, Roger Payne, that humpback whales sing songs.

Why don't they share more song types, like the whales off Hawaii and Baja — thousands of miles apart — that seem to sing the same Pacific Ocean songs?

He sings far beneath the ice in the dark of a polar winter, so maybe itÂ's about time we listened to the incredible songs that this whale concocts every winter, every month and possibly each day!

He sings far beneath the ice in the dark of a polar winter, so maybe it's about time we listened to the incredible songs that this whale concocts every winter, every month and possibly each day!

They provide us today with the first study of only the 2nd baleen whale found to sing songs.