Scientists Speak To Humpback Whale In Historic Experiment

As for the possibilities of this humpback whale communication for search for extraterrestrial life, Dr. Laurance Doyle of the SETI Institute explained, “Because of current limitations on technology, an important assumption of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is that extraterrestrials will be interested in making contact and so target human receivers,” adding, “This important assumption is certainly supported by the behavior of humpback whales.” In other words. Of course, the Whale-SETI team won’t be wrapping up the experiment after this groundbreaking conversation, as one of their next objectives is to study the non-audio communication of these whales.

The paper will specifically focus on the bubble rings that humpback whales sometimes make around humans. The study may even reveal that these bubble rings are made by the whales specifically for humans, which would definitely be an interesting finding. In the meantime, the team is also focusing on using the mathematics of information theory to further decode the complexity and structure of the messages received from the whales.