“In 2004, The
New York Times wrote an article about the loneliest whale in the world.
Scientists have been tracking her since 1992 and they discovered the problem:
She isn’t like
any other baleen whale. Unlike all other whales, she doesn’t have friends. She
doesn’t have a family. She doesn’t belong to any tribe, pack or gang. She
doesn’t have a lover. She never had one. Her songs come in groups of two to six
calls, lasting for five to six seconds each. But her voice is unlike any other
baleen whale. It is unique—while the rest of her kind communicate between 12
and 25hz, she sings at 52hz. You see, that’s precisely the problem. No other
whales can hear her. Every one of her desperate calls to communicate remains
unanswered. Each cry ignored. And, with every lonely song, she becomes sadder
and more frustrated, her notes going deeper in despair as the years go by.
Just imagine
that massive mammal, floating alone and singing—too big to connect with any of
the beings it passes, feeling paradoxically small in the vast stretches of
empty, open ocean.”
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