Can communication with a humpback whale teach us how to talk to extraterrestrials? Researchers from °”TV and the SETI Institute want to find out. In the waters of Southeast Alaska, scientists believe theyâve had what might be the very first human-whale communication. The interaction was designed to eventually help us detect and interpret signals coming from outer space. Their work was recently published in
In the latest episode of Unfold, called âClose Encounters of the Whale Kind,â youâll hear about the scientistsâ remarkable 20-minute âconversationâ with a humpback named Twain and what we can learn by studying nonhuman communication on Earth. Host Amy Quinton and co-host Kat Kerlin take you on an acoustic journey with sounds from humpbacks in this episode. Itâs truly a âpod-cast.â
In this episode:
- , professor, °”TV School of Veterinary Medicine
- , postdoctoral researcher, California National Primate Research Center
- , astrophysicist,
- Fred Sharpe, president,
The -winning podcast is available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, on your smart speaker or wherever you get your podcasts. Original music for Unfold comes from °”TV alumnus Damien Verrett and Curtis Jerome Haynes. Follow us on X, formerly Twitter, at @Unfoldpodcast. Find all our podcast episodes at .
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- Amy Quinton, News and Media Relations, 530-601-8077, amquinton@ucdavis.edu
- Kat Kerlin, News and Media Relations, 530-750-9195, kekerlin@ucdavis.edu