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How do whales learn new songs?

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Ellen Garland is a marine biologist at the University of St Andrews in Scotland where she studies humpback whale songs. She says that these songs are constantly evolving. (Image: A humpback whale jumps out of the Pacific Ocean's waters in Mexico on March 14, 2018. Credit: Fernando Castillo/Getty Images)

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