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Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

OK real talk if we start understanding whales and they have lives and feelings. What are we gonna do about compensation for using their property and destroying it. Like are we gonna genocide the whales when we discover we owe them like a trillion dollars

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

If? They definitely do.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do they have any documentation it was their property? No? Well, we're going to genocide them anyway, that's our thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Wait until they start sinking our Amazon boats