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Blue Whales Sing Near NYC Coast

Mating call heard just 70 miles from Long Island

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(Newser) – Experts have detected singing blue whales closer to the New York City coast than the endangered behemoths have ever been heard before, the Ithaca Journal reports. One of the whales was picked up by Cornell University bioacoustics experts recording just 70 miles from the city’s coastline. Scientists plan to adjust their equipment to listen for more of the whales, which are the world’s largest animal.

"Blue whales were almost hunted to extinction by the middle of the 20th century, and the fact that now we’re finding them migrating not far off our shores is truly remarkable," notes a state official, who added that the discovery would help scientists better protect the animals from accidents with marine vessels and debris as they move through US waters.

A blue whale spouting off Moresby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
A blue whale spouting off Moresby Island, British Columbia, Canada.   (AP Photo/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, John Calambokidis)
The tail fluke of a blue whale.
The tail fluke of a blue whale.   (Shutterstock)
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This was a real treat. The largest animal on earth is just right there. You don't have to go to Africa, you don't have to go to Antarctica.
- Christopher Clark, director of the Cornell Bioacoustics Research Program

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riffran
May 29, 09 3:00 AM CDT
"did you get them Scottie?"............"CAPTAIN!!!!.....THERE BE WHALES HERE"........lol.......The whole whale hunting thing, never set well with me...just think it is a waste of a natural wonder.......unless your an Eskimo. THEY were never responsible for the near decimation of a species, as far as I know Reply
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NutsInNY
May 29, 09 11:46 AM CDT
Big deal, they aren't the first Blues singers from Wales to visit NYC.... oh wait, I read that wrong, my bad... Reply
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