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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by klipt on Sunday October 31, 2021 @02:33PM (#29059166)
> Their oral histories must be incredible.

Everything was idyllic in the before times. Then the human ships arrived and ruined everything. Some of them killed us. Others ignored us but polluted the ocean with noise so we couldn't hear each other's whale songs anymore.

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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by Misdicorl on Sunday October 31, 2021 @02:59PM (#29059377)
Maybe! But I find that an awfully self centered view. I imagine humans (boats?) will play a (perhaps significant) aspect in their vision of the world. But I'd be surprised if it was any bigger than e.g. malaria is for humans.
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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by blacksmith_tb on Sunday October 31, 2021 @04:45PM (#29060250)
I would say that's lowballing it considerably[1]. Whaling nearly drove sperm whales to extinction until they were protected in the 1970s.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whale#Relationship_with_...

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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by Misdicorl on Sunday October 31, 2021 @05:01PM (#29060391)
Fair enough
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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday October 31, 2021 @06:45PM (#29061208)
There have been a number of Orca attacks on yachts in the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Cadiz/Portugal area recently.

Perhaps they're hungry. Perhaps they're pissed. No one knows.

Historically, orca attacks on humans - outside of captivity - have been very rare.

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