Splash and Bubbles
The Way Whales Talk
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Flo teaches Ripple and her friends about whale communication.
Ripple, Splash, and Dunk find Flo during their search for the mysterious loud noise. Flo teaches them that whales communicate by sending messages through the ocean that can travel thousands of miles before reaching their destination!
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Splash and Bubbles
The Way Whales Talk
Clip | 1m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Ripple, Splash, and Dunk find Flo during their search for the mysterious loud noise. Flo teaches them that whales communicate by sending messages through the ocean that can travel thousands of miles before reaching their destination!
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- Huh?
Oh, oh, oh, hi kids.
Oh, sorry, Jerry, I'll be right back.
Oh, my, I was so busy trying to save this little lost urchin that I didn't hear you.
- Oh, sorry, Flo.
We just wanted to see if you heard any big noises coming through here.
We've been tracking them going back and forth in the ocean.
- Yeah, it was kind of a boop noise.
- Uh, back and forth?
Well, tell me, were you down deep in the water when you heard that sound?
- Yeah, I was hiding below the kelp forest.
That's pretty deep.
- And I was deep when I heard it, too.
- Well, I can only think of one thing that sounds like that, and since sound waves back and forth in the entire ocean.
- An anemone riding on a conch shell?
- A sea sponge marching band?
- Uh, no.
The sounds you're describing sounds like the call of the majestic whale.
- Whales?
- Whales?
- Whales can communicate over long distances by diving deep into the water and sending messages where sound travels the best.
You probably heard whales having a conversation.
- I've heard whale calls before, and they sound more like, uh, [imitates whale] - No, no, no, no, no.
It's more like whoosh.
- No, it's a boop.
- Those all sound like whale calls to me.
But don't take my word for it.
There is a fin whale that lives around here.
- [gasps] Really?
Where?

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