Whale-SETI: Groundbreaking Encounter with Humpback Whales Reveals Potential for Non- Human Intelligence Communication New research documents acoustic interaction between a humpback whale named Twain and the Whale SETI team. PRESS RELEASE DATE December 6,...
More
Whale-SETI: Groundbreaking Encounter with Humpback Whales Reveals Potential for Non- Human Intelligence Communication New research documents acoustic interaction between a humpback whale named Twain and the Whale SETI team. PRESS RELEASE DATE December 6, 2023 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications, SETI Institute rmcdonald@seti.org ONLINE Press Release/Images https://bit.ly/46Qxm9P Image credit: Jodi Frediani. December 6, 2023, Mountain View, CA -- A team of scientists from the SETI Institute, University of California Davis and the Alaska Whale Foundation, had a close encounter with a non-human (aquatic) intelligence. The Whale-SETI team has been studying humpback whale communication systems in an effort to develop intelligence filters for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. In response to a recorded humpback ‘contact’ call played into the sea via an underwater speaker, a humpback whale named Twain approached and circled the team’s boat, while responding in a con
Less
