Blue Whale Discovered Singing In New York Coastal Waters

[babsbunny]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090529211633.htm

ScienceDaily (May 30, 2009) — For the very first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales have been positively identified. Acoustic experts at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bioacoustics Research Program (BRP) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) confirmed that the voice of a singing blue whale was tracked about 70 miles off of Long Island and New York City on Jan. 10-11, 2009, as the whale swam slowly from east to west. At the same time, a second blue whale was heard singing offshore in the far distance.

[imdjh]

1. Show tunes, no doubt.

[donco6]

2. "There's a Place for Us"

I mean, what else?

[imdjh]

3. I wonder if they have Brooklyn accents. Maybe Puerto Rican?

[donco6]

4. Looking at their habitat, it's more likely the latter.

They like the southern Caribbean and Costa Rica. Though P.R. is pretty far north in the Caribbean.

Seriously, they like warm water. I hope this isn't a signal of warmer currents in the N. Atlantic. That could mean trouble.

[imdjh]

7. I propose we name one of them Rita Moreno. I love her. (I'm such a 'mo)

[donco6]

8. Hee! That would be a riot.

And the other, "George".

[monmouth]

11. "New Yawk, New Yawk"...Ya know, if you can make it there, ......n/t

[omega minimo]

12. LOL ......... Somewhere......... Beyond the Sea...........

:spray:

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. They were singing "Marco! Polo!" n/t

[hedgehog]

6. I know what the whale is singing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZpFtslR068&feature=related

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

9. Can I put in a request?

I think it would be absolutely great if one of those whales could do "The Ace of Spades" by Motorhead.

[rug]

10. Tourists were spotted throwing coins into the dinghy he was towing.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. I heard he beat Susan Boyle on "Britan's Got Talent" (n/m)