BLUE WHALE

COMMUNICATION
BY VALERIA LEÓN SANGUINO &
MARIA PAULA GONZÁLEZ
WHY DO
WHALES MAKE
SOUNDS?
Whales make noise to
communicate, locate food, and
find each other, their method
of communicating is known as
echolocation.
The speed of sound is roughly
four times greater in water than
in the atmosphere at sea level.
 TYPE OF
The Blue Whale is the
SOUNDS
loudest animal on the planet!
Clicks Whistles
Are use for navigation and Are used for social
identifying physical activities.
surroundings.

Singing
Pulsed calls There are repeated patterns
are more frequent and in them. They use these
sound like squeaks, songs when they are
screams, and squawks to migrating and mating.
the human ear.
 “SONGS”
The word "song" is used to
describe the pattern of regular
and predictable sounds made by
some species of whales
Whales use
spyhopping to keep
NON-VERBAL
them alert of their COMMUNICATION
surroundings

They also use their tails

and fins to make loud
slapping noises on the
surface of the water to
communicate
nonverbally.
HOW DO THEY
PRODUCE SOUNDS?
 Do you think that modern shipping,
military sonar activity and leisure boats
have an adverse effect on the way whales
communicate?
REFERENCES:
● Jervis Bay Wild. (2018). HOW DO WHALES AND DOLPHINS COMMUNICATE?. 2020,
de Jervis Bay Wild website:
https://www.jervisbaywild.com.au/blog/whales-dolphins-communicate/
● NOAA. (2020). Why do whales make sounds?. 2020, de National Ocean Service website:
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/whalesounds.html#:~:text=Whales%20make%20nois
e%20to%20communicate,food%2C%20and%20find%20each%20other.&text=Whales%2
0are%20very%20social%20creatures,%2C%20whistles%2C%20and%20pulsed%20call
● https://www.whale-world.com/whale-communication/