Researchers studying thousands of recorded calls have discovered a kind of 'sperm whale phonetic alphabet' embedded in their strings of 'click' sounds.
The finding suggests these whales have a communication system considerably more complex than previously thought.
It also adds to almost a century of research on animals and insects that has chipped away at the long-held notion that humans alone possess an intricate system for conversing with one another.
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