One could say that the misterious whalesong has occupied in our time the place left by the mermaids and their mythical and confounding voices. In the case of these cetaceans, however, the fascination has been less lethal and maybe even benefitial: although in some areas of the world its indiscriminate hunt continues, in other places measures hav been taken to protect them. This has been due to the profound respect that these impressive animals inspire.

And this may be the case of the Whale Song Project, also known as Whale FM, a joint initiative of the magazine Scientific American magazine, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, the Oxford University and other natural research  institutions. This project invites us all to decipher the language of the whales. Scientific American describes the procedure to be followed:

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