The runner up for top Facebook post of 2020 goes to this surreal encounter with humpback whales 😍. 🔈SOUND ON 🔈🎥: Caine Delacy Photography | PADI

The breathtaking songs of humpback whales, captured here in amazing detail by marine biologist Caine Delacy. Back on land, a team of scientists at SETI Institute believe that learning to decode complex communication on Earth, like those of humpback whales, can provide humanity with a model to help detect and decipher potential messages from extraterrestrial life. It all might sound far-fetched. But then again, Laurance Doyle, an astrophysicist who founded the Whale SETI team and has been part of

251K views · 10K reactions | : Karim Iliya Photography // Humpbacks primarily depend on sound for sensory perception & communication. The humpback whale song can be heard thousands of miles away, and is one of the most complex, non-human, acoustic displays in the animal kingdom  | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR | Facebook

4.4K views · 58 reactions | Humpback whale songs have the same statistical structure as human language, offering a glimpse into the origins of complex communication. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4hNq7W2 | News from Science | Facebook