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Whale Songs Could Reveal Deep Secrets Beneath the Oceans

鈥淚t鈥檚 a nice example of how we make use of the data the planet provides for us,鈥 said , a seismologist and volcanologist at Western Washington University not involved with the work, which was .

Fin whales 鈥 60-ton, 80-foot long, graceful beasts 鈥 get their name from the  on their backs. They are fast swimmers that love to eat krill, schools of tiny fish and squid. And as they swim in groups, they gossip with one another by making booming 189-decibel chirps.