Megaptera novaeangliae

http://songlinesofthewhales.org

Megaptera novaeangliae is the Latin name for Humpback Whale. It means 'The Great Winged Whale of New England'. New England is where the whalers first began hunting Humpback Whales over 200 years ago.

SONGLINES documents the evolution of the intricate and beautiful East Australian Humpback song. An hour of pristine digital recordings selected from five different years between 1992 and 2008 which draw the listener into a mysterious and majestic world.

Established in 1988, The Oceania Project is an independent, non-profit research organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and the oceans.

Humpback whale songs are transferred from year to year and evolve in a similar fashion to the verbally transmitted tribal lore of Aboriginal cultures from where the term songlines is derived.

The East Australian Humpback Whales travel in an unending cycle of migration between their birthplace in the inter-reef lagoon of the Great Barrier Reef and their Antarctic feeding areas.

Their world is comprised of vast stretches of ocean where songs emitted by the Humpback Whales can be heard over great distances. Each year the whales sing a new song. Haunting melodies of radiant joy which fill the ocean along the East Coast of Australia.

When ecosystems across the planet are collapsing and species are becoming extinct at an accelerating rate, the East Australian Humpback Whales are making a remarkable recovery. They have become Australia's national treasure and a symbol of hope for our imperiled environment.

We as the new generation of caretakers of the planet Earth have learnt from the mistakes of our elders and are helping nurture the Rebirth of a Species.

Audio CD: 5 Tracks, running time 60 minutes. Track 3 features Migaloo the White Whale recorded in 1998.

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To celebrate the annual return of the Humpback Whales, sixty Australian communities are participating in the Humpback Icon Project. Each of these communities has adopted a known individual Humpback Whale from The Oceania Project's Fluke Catalogue:

http://bit.ly/HumpbackIconProject

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• humpback
• whale
• dolphin
• cetacea
• research
• oceania
• iwhales
• migaloo

[yestopographic73]

True Celestial Beast Song. Amazing ! Thanks For This.

[juanrydelacruz]

man this is so beautiful

[shdwcst]

like:)

[cowboyzach01]

Those are some very happy looking whales.

[wildnutria]

Why would anyone kill such a beautiful thing??

[4everdarkprincess]

She`s playing !! that's so cute !

[rael8]

like my puppy she rolls over on her back to have her belly rubbed, maybe she wants the same thing, i'll do it

[Basisforstace]

When i was younger i couldnt fall asleep unless a tape of the whales singing was playing.. Its the most beautiful sound in the world...

[MsPoemas]

the ocean is my home...thats sound to me like heaven..beauty..

[roseaseela]

i cant stop listening to this, Thank you very much, its the most beautiful thing i ever heard in my life and i can't stop

thank you

[shooterwall]

that was heaven

[saffrongirl]

They are beautiful.

Thanks saffrongirl