Interactive bioacoustic playback as a tool for detecting and exploring nonhuman intelligence: “conversing” with an Alaskan humpback whale

Here we report on a rare and opportunistic acoustic turn-taking with an adult female humpback whale, known as Twain, in Southeast Alaska. Post hoc acoustic and statistical analyses of a 20-min acoustic exchange between the broadcast of a recorded contact call, known as a ‘whup/throp’, with call resp...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Brenda McCowan, Josephine Hubbard, Lisa Walker, Fred Sharpe, Jodi Frediani, Laurance Doyle
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2023-11-01
Subjects:	Communication Bioacoustic playback Turn-taking Vocal matching Humpback whale
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/16349.pdf