{"id":15401,"date":"2024-05-08T14:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=15401"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:41","slug":"cbla-toronto-on-the-latest-findings-on-communication-between-sperm-whales-shane-gero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2024\/cbla-toronto-on-the-latest-findings-on-communication-between-sperm-whales-shane-gero\/","title":{"rendered":"CBLA Toronto on the latest findings on communication between sperm whales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        CBLA Toronto on the latest findings on communication between sperm whales\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/shane-gero\/\">Shane Gero,<\/a> Carleton Biology&#8217;s Adjunct Research Professor; Scientist-in Residence along with MIT researchers document remarkable sperm whale \u2018phonetic alphabet\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\">&#8220;Why are they exchanging these codas? What information might they be sharing? I think it&#8217;s likely that they use codas to coordinate as a family, organize babysitting, foraging and defense,&#8221; Gero said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/playvideo.bulletinintelligence.com\/b1568633096a47b69f6c3b972aeb53f8?pubid=carleton\">Click here!<\/a> to listen to the recording on CBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales.jpg 900w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/MIT-Whales-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shane Gero, Carleton Biology&#8217;s Adjunct Research Professor; Scientist-in Residence along with MIT researchers document remarkable sperm whale \u2018phonetic alphabet\u2019. &#8220;Why are they exchanging these codas? What information might they be sharing? I think it&#8217;s likely that they use codas to coordinate as a family, organize babysitting, foraging and defense,&#8221; Gero said. 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