The findings, published in the Scientific Reports journal and released to the public on Friday , showed that New Caledonian humpback whales were singing exactly the same songs as whale populations off the coast of eastern Australia.
The team of researchers observed the songs sung by each group of whales between 2009 and 2015. They found that each year, the New Caledonia whales would sing exact songs sung by whales in east Australia. "It's rare for this degree of cultural exchange to be documented on such a large scale in a non-human species," she said.
She said:"However, because the songs are learnt so accurately, it supports the idea that song exchange is occurring further down than the breeding ground areas, likely on shared migration routes in New Zealand or maybe their feeding grounds in Antarctica."
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