Thursday, December 03, 2009

Why the Falling Pitch of the Blue Whales' Songs?

I don't know but I think we should be told.
Posted by Bryan Appleyard at 12:25 pm

7 comments:

  1. WillardDecember 03, 2009 12:44 pm

    Perhaps it's because City have stopped drawing.

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  2. Bryan AppleyardDecember 03, 2009 12:51 pm

    Of course, how could I have missed that?

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  3. RecusantDecember 03, 2009 3:04 pm

    Well so is ours. Women's voices have gone down half an octave in fifty years; have you listened to any of those '30's newsreels, with Mrs Neville Chamberlain declaring something open?

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  4. AnonymousDecember 03, 2009 5:15 pm

    ...whale song is a cultural affair. Humpback whales are known to learn from each other, and whales have extraordinarily large and complex brains. They appear to share many social and cognitive traits with people.

    Whales singing classic whale ditties in baritone I can live with, but it'll be "Pass me my harpoon" if they start getting into New Wave.

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  5. Hey SkipperDecember 03, 2009 6:40 pm

    Peter: that is the funniest line of the week, by far.

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  6. traherneDecember 03, 2009 10:48 pm

    I thought ian russell's "that statement appears so far up itself it's wearing itself as a wig" runs it pretty close.

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  7. Dr HackenbushDecember 05, 2009 5:52 pm

    could they possibly be anti-Australian? (He says, trying not to finish the question on an antipodean-style rising pitch.)

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