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ποΈ 20 May 2024
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0:00.0 | Plants don't have brains, but they are capable of communicating and maybe even forming memories. |
0:05.6 | Do you think plants can think? |
0:07.6 | No. Absolutely. What do you mean by thinking? |
0:10.1 | I'm Kate the chemist, and on my podcast, Seeking seeking a scientist we're exploring the possibility of plant intelligence. |
0:16.3 | Listen to seeking a scientist from K-C-U-R, part of the NPR Network. |
0:20.7 | You're listening to Shortwave from NPR. |
0:25.0 | Hey Shortwaivers, Regina Barbara here. |
0:28.0 | So when I think about whale songs, I think this. But not this. Here today to tell us more about this whale conversation is NPR's climate correspondent |
0:54.4 | Lauren Summer. |
0:55.4 | Hey Lauren, welcome back. |
0:56.4 | Hey Gina. |
0:57.4 | So Lauren, I'm not going to lie, this whale chatter kind of sounds like, like bike spokes to me. |
1:05.6 | Yeah, I kind of get like Morse code combined with microwave popcorn. |
1:10.2 | Mmm, microwave popcorn. |
1:11.7 | I need to eat lunch. |
1:12.4 | Okay, so hearing these sounds makes me wonder, like, are these |
1:16.2 | whales really talking to each other and like what are they saying? Yeah, what is happening there? |
1:20.9 | You're not alone in wondering that. |
1:23.3 | It's kind of this age-old question, |
1:25.3 | like what are animals saying? |
1:27.5 | Right, of course. |
1:28.5 | Yeah, and especially whales, because sperm whales |
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