http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8886--whale-song-reveals-sophisticated-language-skills.html wrote:
Humpback whales use their own syntax – or grammar – in the complex songs they sing, say researchers who have developed a mathematical technique to probe the mysteries of whale song.
The team adds that whales are the only other animals beside humans to use hierarchical structure in language, in which phrases are embedded in larger, recurring themes.
The team adds that whales are the only other animals beside humans to use hierarchical structure in language, in which phrases are embedded in larger, recurring themes.
IF we ever learned to communicate with these things... waht would they have to say to us?
I'm thinking that the only things that they are really saying is "let's fu[/cyan]ck" and "who wants to fu[cyan]ck?" in all kinds of pretty whalesque ways.