Whale Noise

The oceans are loud and getting louder all the time. And marine mammals must live in the din. These animals take different approaches to the noise: Dolphins perform the equivalent of shouting. Humpback whales, when competing with a nearby boat, go silent.

Whales make "tick-tock" noises while hunting together, a technique that helps them to find their prey, mostly sand lance-eel-like fish, which are known to bury themselves in the sand of the ocean floor at night, new research says.

The world largest animal, the blue whale is slowly turning deaf due to increasing noise pollution in the ocean waters by humans.

The oceans are loud and getting louder all the time. And marine mammals must live in the din. These animals take different approaches to the noise: Dolphins perform the equivalent of shouting. Humpback whales, when competing with a nearby boat, go silent.

Whales make "tick-tock" noises while hunting together, a technique that helps them to find their prey, mostly sand lance-eel-like fish, which are known to bury themselves in the sand of the ocean floor at night, new research says.

The world largest animal, the blue whale is slowly turning deaf due to increasing noise pollution in the ocean waters by humans.