And I'm making a post....

[wraithfodder]

Simply to use this cute icon. Wish I could remember who made it but big thanks to that person!

Pathetic excuse for a post, but eh, long day. Tired. Thnk I'll listen to ice break (really, got a CD of ice noise - curious to see what it sounds like) :)

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[xfkirsten.livejournal.com]

Ah, the humpback recording you probably have is the classic Roger Payne one. He was the guy who really studied humpback whale songs and turned them into such a public phenomenon, with the records and everything. I actually have a REALLY beat-up (and probably unplayable) record of it that came with an old National Geographic from the 70s. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it should be easy to find a CD copy - that's a pretty famous recording. :) I believe this is it here, but I'm not 100% sure. :)

Killer whales sound really different. Much higher-pitched, and almost more of a warble at times (although, like most dolphins, they have a pretty side range of sounds). It's pretty fascinating - killer whales from different regions (even different pods within the same region) actually have different "dialects." Researchers can tell what pod an animal is from just by the sounds they make.

This site has the best soundclips, IMHO. Scroll down and click on "Resident Killer Whale Vocalization," "Transient Killer Whale Vocalization," or "Offshore Killer Whale Vocalization" and it'll bring up a box where you can hear the variation in sounds between pods ("clans"). It also does a really good job of explaining about killer whale vocalization. :)