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The 'bio-duck' of the Southern Ocean

A quacking, repeating sound heard by submarine crews in the Southern Ocean since the 1960s and nicknamed 'bio-duck' was identified in 2014 as the call of the Antarctic minke whale.

2014 CE · -64.00, -55.00 · status: explained

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Researchers led by Denise Risch matched the sound to tagged minke whales off the Antarctic Peninsula. Position approximate.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Bio-duck
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