One study indicates that whales vastly prefer their own style of music. He has found that whales sometimes approach when they hear recordings of songs that are similar to their own, but that whale songs that have been manipulated to sound quite different tend to send the whales away or elicit no response at all.

Sperm whales are so loud that their clicks are capable of killing a human within their vicinity, says one science and adventure journalist. “These clicks are so powerful in the water that they can blow out your eardrums easily, and they can actually vibrate a human body to death,” he said.

Republished with permission from the author. The beluga whale, whose name means “the white one” in Russian, might be one of the best species to try to make music with. They like to hear music played on the lute, harp, flute, and similar instruments.” Even in the sixteenth century people played concerts to the whales!

Beluga whales communicate with each other in these tough conditions by singing. The beluga whale has a melon-shaped structure on the top of its head that enables it to produce and direct sounds. It can make an astounding array of different noises, from whistles to chirps and everything in between.

Both male and female whales can vocalize but only the males produce these loud, long and complex melodies within the humpback whale species. Over time these melodies and notes may change but the males will continue to sing these songs in harmony as the song continually changes.

In fact some whales such as the blue whale can produce deep vocal sounds that are so loud they can be heard from miles away. Whales can often be seen or heard crying or moaning when they have recently lost a loved one or when they feel alone and haven’t found a friend or partner to connect with.

Various baleen whales moan, but only the males of a few species really sing well: humpback, minke, some blue and fin whales, and the more distantly related bowhead whales. It has been suggested that, when underwater, air can be moved between these sacs and the lungs, allowing whales to sing without losing air.

When a deceased whale becomes beached, decomposition begins almost immediately. Gasses inside the whale’s body begin to bloat the carcass, and the Sunlight’s heat only exacerbates this gruesome process. Beachgoers are always advised to stay far away from, and not touch, a deceased beached whale.

Killer whales (or orcas) are large, powerful apex predators. In the wild, there have been no fatal recorded attacks on humans. In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and fatal attacks on humans since the 1970s.

Despite its size, the whale shark does not pose any danger to humans. Whale sharks are docile fish and sometimes allow swimmers to catch a ride, although this practice is discouraged by shark scientists and conservationists because of the disturbance to the sharks.

Bible Gateway Jonah 1 :: NIV. “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port.

Nineveh, the oldest and most-populous city of the ancient Assyrian empire, situated on the east bank of the Tigris River and encircled by the modern city of Mosul, Iraq.

Jonah is a masculine given name derived from the Hebrew: יוֹנָה‎, Yonā, meaning dove or pigeon. It is the name of the Abrahamic prophet Jonah.

However, Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians, making archaeological evidence difficult to uncover. Tarshish is also the name of a modern village in the Mount Lebanon District of Lebanon.

Nineveh (modern-day Mosul, Iraq) was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. It was originally known as Ninua, a trade center, and would become one of the largest and most affluent cities in antiquity.

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In all these cases, “Lud’s portion” seems to refer to the entire Anatolian peninsula, west of Mesopotamia. Some scholars have associated the Biblical Lud with the Lubdu of Assyrian sources, who inhabited certain parts of western Media and Atropatene.

Aram (Hebrew: אֲרָם‎ Aram) is a son of Shem, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, and the father of Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash or Meshech.

In chapter 11 verses 10–26 a second list of descendants of Shem names Abraham and thus the Arabs and Israelites. In the view of some 17th-century European scholars (e.g., John Webb), the Native American peoples of North and South America, eastern Persia and “the Indias” descended from Shem.

Hamilton believes that the available evidence “suggests” that the Ludim are the Lydians. According to Josephus, their land was in Libya which was west of Egypt near the tribes of Phut in the land of the Moors towards the extreme west of Africa and the Atlantic Ocean.