A silent robot shadows sperm whales by listening to their clicks
An autonomous underwater glider is giving us a new and effective way to track sperm whales by tuning into their clicks and silently following them. To study these large oceanic predators, researchers need to monitor their movements and social interactions for months at a time. But that's not easy, b...
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An autonomous underwater glider is giving us a new and effective way to track sperm whales by tuning into their clicks and silently following them. To study these large oceanic predators, researchers need to monitor their movements and social interactions for months at a time. But that's not easy, because they swim deep and stay underwater for long periods, making them hard to reach.
Originally published at Phys.org
