> Only two of these episodes were associated with foraging, while the authors suggest that the remaining 10 involved inquisitive interactions with humans aboard boats, swimming, or in light aircraft.
The research was conducted under the umbrella of Whale SETI, an organization that seeks to decode the intricacies of humpback whale communication as an avenue to understand non-human intelligence in the context of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
I don't know that org, but they don't exactly sound like the best source of unbiased information on that subject.
> Only two of these episodes were associated with foraging, while the authors suggest that the remaining 10 involved inquisitive interactions with humans aboard boats, swimming, or in light aircraft.
The research was conducted under the umbrella of Whale SETI, an organization that seeks to decode the intricacies of humpback whale communication as an avenue to understand non-human intelligence in the context of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
I don't know that org, but they don't exactly sound like the best source of unbiased information on that subject.
The paper is here[1], SETI is mentioned in passing towards it's end. It is not clear what sort of org Whale-SETI is.
[1] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70026
tbh I’m not setting the bar very high