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    The document discusses two scientific articles about the communication methods of northern resident killer whales. It explains that killer whales communicate through complex vocalizations and echolocation. While their calls can indicate affiliation on multiple levels, it is difficult to determine the direct meaning of specific calls. The articles find that orca pods share a common vocal dialect but variations exist between pods, and that different call types serve different purposes like maintaining contact between related whales over distances.

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    The document discusses two scientific articles about the communication methods of northern resident killer whales. It explains that killer whales communicate through complex vocalizations and echolocation. While their calls can indicate affiliation on multiple levels, it is difficult to determine the direct meaning of specific calls. The articles find that orca pods share a common vocal dialect but variations exist between pods, and that different call types serve different purposes like maintaining contact between related whales over distances.

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    The document discusses two scientific articles about the communication methods of northern resident killer whales. It explains that killer whales communicate through complex vocalizations and echolocation. While their calls can indicate affiliation on multiple levels, it is difficult to determine the direct meaning of specific calls. The articles find that orca pods share a common vocal dialect but variations exist between pods, and that different call types serve different purposes like maintaining contact between related whales over distances.

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    Nouseketal.,agroupofresearchersontheNorthernresidentkillerwhales,describesin
    theirscientificresearch,TheInfluenceofSocialAffiliationonIndividualVocalSignaturesof
    NorthernResidentKillerWhales(Orcinusorca),thatthediscoverythatsignalscanprovide
    multiplelevelsofsocialaffiliationmakesitambiguousastohowtodeterminetheirdirectform
    ofcommunication.TheOrcinusorcacommunicatesthroughcomplicatedvocalizationsand
    echolocations.Thoughotheranimalssharesimilarformsofcommunicationandsignal
    detections,suchasabatsabilitytoecholocateandachimpanzeesabilitytosendalarmcallsto
    fellowchimps,cetaceanvocalizationsarebyfarthemostconvoluted.Becauseoftheinabilityto
    readthecomplexformofcommunicationinorcas,thevocalconvergenceatthegrouplevel
    doesnotprecludeindividualdistinctivenessamongtheaffiliatedgroupmembers(Nouseketal.
    1).Therearefartoomanyformsofsoundsusedbyorcasindifferentsituationsandpodsto
    identifyaspecificvocalizationforallkillerwhales.
    Inthearticle,DependenceofKillerWhale(Orcinusorca)AcousticSignalsontheType
    ofActivityandSocialContext,OlgaFilatova,abiologistwhofocusesonthevocaldialectof
    killerwhales,andothercredibleresearchersdistinguishthatorcapodsusuallysharethesame
    vocaldialect,whilethepodswithsimilardialectscompriseclans(790).Theimagebelow
    graphsdataoforcapodsinvolvedindifferentactivities,andhoweachactivityrequiresanumber
    ofpodswhichwillentailavarietyofcalls(Filatova791).Thegroupingsoforcashavea
    variationofcallsbetweendifferentpods,buttheysharesimilarcallswithintheirowngroup.The
    twocalls,monophonicandbiphonic,areuseddifferently,suchthatbiphoniccallsfunctionas
    markersofpodandmatrilineaffiliation,servingmainlytomaintainthecontactbetweenthe
    relatedindividualsonadistance(Filatovaetal.794).Orcasneedthissourceofcommunication

    sothattheycantraveldistancesandstillconnectandlocatetheothersthatareintheirmatrilineal
    pod.

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