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No one was startled by Schevill's request. He is always asking colleagues to eavesdrop on sperm whales-not when the whales are puffing and blowing on the surface, but while they are submerged. Schevill wants to pin down once and for all the ancient reports that big (up...
As Worthington imitated a whale, Schevill smiled beatifically. "Maybe that's one individual talking," said he.
Schevill delightedly whacked the table with his fist. "All of them talking!"
"Maybe a bull saying to hell with you," said Schevill.
Was It a Signal? Schevill has been fascinated by whale talk since he worked with the Navy during World War II. During his work he made tapes of underwater sounds, later tried them out on an ancient mariner from the whaling port of New Bedford. One sound always got an...