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For the first time, scientists temporarily captured baleen whales and tested their hearing, a controversial step that brings researchers closer to understanding how some of the largest and most intelligent animals on Earth perceive their world. In 2023, researchers captured two juvenile minke whales off the coast of Norway, applied gold-plated electrodes to their skin with suction cups and then examined their brain waves as different frequencies of sound played.
“For minke whales, I don’t think there are a lot of details on how they use sound day-to-day,” Parks said, adding that there are other baleen species “where we’re just matching species to sound.” To perform the tests, the Minke Whale Hearing Project researchers devised a complex trap near Norway’s Lofoten Islands to capture whales, relying on the species’ predictable migration path along the coastline.
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