Blue whales talk to each other using low-frequency songs that travel hundreds of miles. Now, imagine trying to have a quiet phone call in a room where someone is playing a jackhammer symphony. That’s what sonar, drilling, and ship engines do to their conversations.
This noise masks their calls, so whales can’t find mates, navigate, or warn each other about danger. It’s like the ocean turned into a loud karaoke bar—except nobody’s having fun, and the whales are the ones trying to leave.
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