Humpback Whales Migration Summary

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The reading passage discusses an interesting topic about humpback whales migration using the starts to cover long distances, and provides three main reasons for supporting. However, the lecture casts doubts on the claims exposed by the article. He thinks that the reason whales can migrate long distance has nothing to do with the starts.

First, the reading passage relates the high level of intelligent and ability to develop abstract cognitive thoughts in humpback whales with the capability of reading starts as a guide to travel long distance. On the contrary, the lecture explains that there is no evidence that could relate intelligence with the skill to navigate by the starts. In addition, the lecture includes the example of ducks as an animal

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