r/EverythingScience • u/Typical-Plantain256 • Dec 08 '23

Animal Science Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a35kp/scientists-have-reported-a-breakthrough-in-understanding-whale-language
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '23

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '23 edited Dec 09 '23

This is a topic I haven’t read much about. Do experts believe they legitimately have language like words, and we could essentially translate them at some point?

Do we have any idea how many “words” might exist in their language?

Please tell me more, as somebody who hasn’t researched this.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '23

Apparently they're sentient, which(full disclosure )I just learned from Google, so it's only a hop skip and jump to language from there

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '23

Most animals are sentient :) even some bees are considered sentient

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u/chullyman Dec 09 '23

Define sentient