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The breakthrough, which marks the first time anyone has succeeded in having a conversation with a whale in the animal's own language, was achieved by a team of researchers comprised of experts from UC Davis, the Alaska Whale Foundation and SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence).

To initiate contact, the team used underwater speakers to play a "contact call" (similar to a human greeting) from a boat in Alaska.
Before long, a humpback whale nicknamed 'Twain' had arrived on the scene.
Over the course of 20 minutes, the team repeatedly played back the contact call at various intervals and Twain would respond with a reciprocal call that closely matched the timing of the intervals.

After that whale went away thinking humans are idiots. Hello! Hello! Hello!...
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