Whale Songs and Elephant Love


Trained as a musician, acoustic biologist Katy Payne was first to discover that humpback whales compose ever-changing song to communicate, and first to understand that elephants communicate with one another across long distances by infrasound.

Listen to her field recordings of elephants in the wild and whales underwater, and hear what she has learned from two of the world's largest and most mysterious creatures.

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listen Whale Songs and Elephant Love

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listen Swamp Song

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listen Mating Song

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listen Morning Song

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listen Night Song

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