I was so touched when I read
this. A white whale, called NOC, which had been kept in captivity for 30 years, was found to have learnt to
imitate human sound patterns. These are quite different from normal whale sounds, and according to Sam Ridgway of the National Marine Mammal Foundation, the whale had to make a very conscious effort to produce such sounds. Ridgway said,
"Such obvious effort suggests motivation for contact."
Isn't it almost heartbreaking? The whale, kept in captivity by humans, may have tried to communicate with us. No human apparently made the same effort to communicate with the whale.
If we don't get it when a whale is trying to talk to us, how are we going to be able to pick up attempts of communication by E.T.?
Ann