Bubble-Ring Displays by Humpback Whales: Exploring Potential Human-Directed Communication and Implications for Nonhuman Intelligence
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Researchers propose that humpback whales blow bubble rings at people as a potentially deliberate form of communication, a finding documented by Fred Sharpe, Laurance Doyle, and Jodi Frediani that may inform how we think about intelligent life and even reframe the Drake Equation, while suggesting Earth’s oceans act as a laboratory for studying non-human minds.