Whales' Unique Hearing Test

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Minke Whale Hearing Project

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Researchers capture baleen whales for the first time to study their hearing

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Researchers captured two minke whales off the coast of Norway , applied electrodes to their skin with suction cups.

They then examined their brain waves as different frequencies of sound played.

Minke whales were a good target for audio testing because they’re the smallest baleen whale and a species whose hearing scientists don’t understand very well.

Some scientists and activists fiercely opposed the four-year research effort.

A whale that was never caught nor tested died when it became entangled in a net and drowned after a storm forced the research crew off the water and dislodged an anchor securing its nets.

Whale and Dolphin Conservation in North America said the organization remained opposed to the project.

A scientist and consultant said he thought the research would contribute to future limits set on ocean sound to keep marine mammals healthy.

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