Baby Bubba to the boogie da bang
Humpback whales have their own version of the hit single, according to a new study. At any given time within a population, male humpbacks all sing the same mating tune. But the pattern of the song changes over time, with the new and apparently catchy versions of the song spreading repeatedly across the ocean, almost always traveling from west to east. (…)
This is the first time that such broad-scale and population-wide cultural exchange has been documented in any species other than humans, she added.
