How Do Whales Affect Lack Of Communication?

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Whales may become endangered as a consequence of the lack of communication caused by human activities. Because the natural noise wasn't enough humans have decided to ruin the ability of whales to communicate by their egocentric activities, for instance, more wind farms, which didn't only make a continues low-frequency noise, but also denatured the whales by making them either make a much louder sound or by communicating with higher frequencies, depleting their energy on such a simple activity as communication. However, scientists have managed to attach a recording device to record the whales' calls as well as the background noises; ironically the devices and ships used for the analysis made the loudest noise that these whales

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