Repeating periodically, the sound was unlike anything the crew had heard before.
After some investigation and research a whale like no other was identified. NOAA began tracking the whale in 1992 and weren't able to determine what species the whale originated from. To this day, the origins of the animal still largely remains a mystery. It has no kin, no family, no relationships with other whales. It has a migratory path like no other and its journey through out the ocean does not cross the common migratory patterns of other whales.
Theories were proposed. Was this a deformed hybrid that came from two different species of whale? Or was it an entirely new and rare species never discovered before - the last of it's kind?
There are some things that caught the attention of the scientists however.
Firstly, the animal sings at a frequency that no other whale does. Normal whale singing patterns are long and drawn out and frequencies range from 12 - 25 hz. (10x speed)
This whale has a singing pattern that is much shorter and more frequent. It's frequency is at an extremely high and completely unique 51.75 hz. (10x speed)
At this frequency, the whale cannot communicate with any other whale in the ocean. It is compeletly alone in the vast expanse of the ocean and has been singing a song no other whale can hear for decades.
To listen to what may be the loneliest sound on the Earth in it's raw (1x speed) form; click here
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