Researchers have 20-minute 'talk' with whale in the wild

A UC Davis professor was among the researchers who had a conversation with the humpback whale.

[AlexWalkerSmith]

What a multi-talented guy! Marine biologist, whale communicator, delivers presents to children around the world...

[Drcragory]

If those whales are as smart as people say, they're going to have some pretty harsh things to say to us

[The_doggy_girls]

🐋:hi
👩‍🔬:hi
🐋:what the fu-
👩‍🔬:ik it’s crazy right!

[erickcontreras]

Hi, Hi
Hi, Hi
Hi, Hi
Hi, Hi
What a

[MichaelAS]

“Hi! How are you?”
“I’m whale, and you?”

[mikezooper]

Humans: Hi
Whale: Why the f$@% are you destroying the ocean?

[Shewas-kathybates]

Who put a 20 minute limit on conversations with whales??

[HarmlessComment]

I just like the idea of them knowing we don't mean them any harm and are friendly. I hope some day we can have actual back and forth convos with them.

[anamoose]

from what i know about whales is their personalities as individuals vary about as wide as humans, for inter species communication to work we need to “talk” to whales who are interested in communicating with us too.

[JloF-dwek]

It's crazy there's an actual law that you can get fined or arrested for talking with them.

[VectoRaith]

That whale will have an epic conversation topic with other whale someday

[luwluwstarshyne]

I'd like to ask a whale about an existential question

[bigsalad]

They could be completely bull shitting us and we wouldn’t know 😂😂

[oliverl.]

So they talked to a female whale, then ghosted her? Nice

[snowcycle]

Where’s the full transcript for the convo?

[HiThisIsMine]

Remarkable, 20 minutes of greeting one another.

Maybe next time the NOAA… who is apparently the Arbiter of communicating with whales.. will let them greet each other for a little bit more reasonable timeframe of 30 minutes..

[rainbowsdinos]

How is this different to me saying, “meow” to my cat? Yes, she says “meow” back to me, but then again she never shuts up with the damn “meows”. 😂

[KootFloris]

That sounded much more like the whale saying: "WtF, hahahaha, you talk, but only nonsense."

[marianbathie]

Would be interesting to see what they do actually say

[NirMaduros]

the "Hi" conversation for 20 minutes reminds me my dates..