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CIENCIA Escucha la increíble canción que ahora repiten todas las ballenas Científicos descubren que los machos se copian la misma melodía, como si se tratara de un estribillo pop, durante cada apareamiento ABC / Madrid Día 14/04/2011 - 21.17h Las ballenas jorobadas tienen su propia versión de lo que es un «single» de éxito. En un momento dado, dentro de una misma población, todas las ballenas jorobadas macho comienzan a cantar la misma melodía de apareamiento. Pero el patrón de la canción cambia con el tiempo, con nuevas y aparentemente pegadizas versiones que se difunden repetidamente a través del océano, casi siempre viajando del oeste al este. La investigación aparece publicada en la revista Current Biology. Aquí (pincha arriba) puedes escuchar cuál es la que cantan ahora.

SCIENCE Listen to the incredible song that all the whales are repeating now Scientists discover that the males copy the same melody from each other, just as though it were the chorus of a popular song, during each mating season ABC / Madrid 14/April/2011 - 7:41 p.m. Humpback whales have their own version of a hit "single." At a given moment, within a single population, all the male humpback whales begin singing the same mating song. But the song's pattern changes with time, with new and apparently catchy versions that spread repeatedly through the ocean, almost always traveling from west to east. The research was published in the journal Current Biology. Here (click above) you can hear the song that they are singing now.

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