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Updated: December 12, 2009


Whale songs get quieter as numbers increase

Telegraph.co.uk

Experts say that the pitch level of the sounds whales send across the vast expanses of the ocean to attract potential mates has been steadily creeping downward for the past few decades.

Mark McDonald, of WhaleAcoustics in Bellvue, Colorado, and a team of researchers studied blue whale song data from around the world and discovered a downward curve in the pitch, or frequency, of the songs.

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