This set him down a lifelong path to try and figure out just what all their singing actually means. Whale songs are not quite like human songs or bird songs, in that they don't have a start and stop. And if you monitor what they're doing, you'll realize that they're cycling through a fixed sequence of patterns. When the whales are singing, they’re by themselves, and almost always they're not moving. When the whales are singing, they’re by themselves, and almost always they're not moving.

Source: CBC News December 22, 2025 23:21 UTC