Two ducks talking to each other and that too, in the depths of Antarctica?
Seems like we are talking about a monster movie but it is not and scientists are quite worried about this.
Dubbed the “Bio-Duck,” the noise resembled the quack of a duck—if that duck were enormous and possibly mythical.
First recorded in 1960, this puzzling sound stumped researchers for decades.
What is It?
Now, a new analysis suggests that the Bio-Duck is more than just a strange noise—it might actually be a conversation.
“We found multiple speakers in different ocean locations, all making these sounds,” says Ross Chapman, an ocean scientist from the University of Victoria.
“What amazed us was the apparent turn-taking. One would ‘talk,’ and others seemed to listen before responding.”
While Antarctic minke whales were linked to the Bio-Duck in 2014, the mystery isn’t fully solved.
Similar sounds have been recorded in oceans around Australia and New Zealand without minke sightings.
