The Loneliest Whale in the World
Nicola Twilley, writing for Good:
According to a 2004 New York Times article on the subject, this particular baleen whale has apparently been tracked by NOAA since 1992, using a “classified array of hydrophones employed by the Navy to monitor enemy submarines.” It sings at 52 Hertz, which is roughly the same frequency as the lowest note on a tuba, and much higher than its fellow whales, whose calls fall in the 15 to 25 Hertz range.
The upshot of that is that the other whales don’t respond to it, so it’s just chillin’ out there all by itself. Poor lil’ dude.