Study reveals humpback whales communicate using patterns similar to human language.

Researchers have found that humpback whales and humans share a similar pattern in their communication, following Zipf's law. This statistical pattern, which dictates that the most common sounds or words are used more frequently than less common ones, was observed in eight years of whale recordings. The discovery suggests that whales may learn their songs similarly to how humans learn language, challenging the idea that structured communication is unique to humans.

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