{"id":552982,"date":"2023-02-17T05:25:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T02:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/humpback-whales-wail-less-as-population-grows\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T05:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T02:25:32","slug":"humpback-whales-wail-less-as-population-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/humpback-whales-wail-less-as-population-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"#Humpback whales wail less as population grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ea22c4d4a5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2ea22c4d4a5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/humpback-whales-wail-less-as-population-grows\/#Humpback_whales_wail_less_as_population_grows\" >Humpback whales wail less as population grows<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Humpback_whales_wail_less_as_population_grows\"><\/span>Humpback whales wail less as population grows<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists who tracked humpback whales in Australia noticed that fewer whales wailed to find mates as their population grew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHumpback whale song is loud and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s far in the ocean,\u201d said marine biologist Rebecca Dunlop, who has studied humpback whales that breed near the Great Barrier Reef for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p>As whale numbers dramatically rebounded following the end of commercial whaling \u2014 one of the world\u2019s great conservation success stories \u2014 she noticed something unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was getting more difficult to actually find singers,\u201d said Dunlop, who is based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. \u201cWhen there were fewer of them, there was a lot of singing \u2014 now that there are lots of them, no need to be singing so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scientists first began to hear and study the elaborate songs of humpback whales in the 1970s, thanks to new underwater microphones. Only male whales sing, and the tunes are thought to play a role in attracting mates and asserting dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Australia\u2019s humpback whales were facing regional extinction in the 1960s, with only around 200 whales left. But numbers grew and reached 27,000 whales by 2015 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaching estimated pre-whaling levels.<\/p>\n<p>As the density of whales increased, their courtship changed. While 2 in 10 males were singers in 2004, a decade later that ratio had dropped to just 1 in 10, Dunlop and colleagues report Thursday in the journal <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s42003-023-04509-7\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nature Communications Biology;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Nature Communications Biology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dunlop speculates that singing played an outsized role in attracting mates when populations were severely depleted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was hard just to find other whales in the area, because there weren\u2019t many,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>When whales live in denser populations, a male looking for a mate also has to ward off the competition, and singing may tip off other suitors, she explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs animal populations recover, they change their behavior \u2014 they have different constraints,\u201d said marine biologist Boris Worm of Canada&#8217;s Dalhousie University, who was not involved in the study.<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, the seas are still noisy. Many humpbacks woo with a combination of singing and physical jostling, the Australia researchers report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a big increase in animals over the time they were studying gave them a unique opportunity to get insights about changes in behavior,\u201d said Simon Ingram, a University of Plymouth marine biologist in England, who not involved in the study.<\/p>\n<p>Ingram said that while humpback whales must have been singers long before whaling depleted their numbers, the new study highlights just how essential their elaborate and beautiful songs were to their survival and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly singing became incredibly valuable when their numbers were very low,\u201d he said. ___<\/p>\n<p>Follow Christina Larson on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> at: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larsonchristina\" data-ylk=\"slk:@larsonchristina;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">@larsonchristina<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press Health and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Science and Educational Media Group. 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