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The only issue I see is that most humpback calls aren't tonal
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Fathom

The only issue I see is thatmost humpback calls aren't tonal

Fathom • 2021
The only issue I see is that
most humpback calls aren't tonal

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00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:06.047
The only issue I see is that most humpback calls aren't tonal.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:06
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sandbox Films,Impact Partners,Walking Upstream Pictures,Back Allie Entertainment,Hidden Candy,Catapult Film Fund,Sundance Institute

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Movie Summary

Fathom is a visual and aural wonder of a documentary that follows researchers working to finally decode the communication of humpback whales. With Dr. Michelle Fournet, Dr. Ellen Garland.
Then it's just, again, I think, gonna be about clarity. - Fathom 00:04
Then it's just, again, I think, gonna be about clarity.
If you were to listen to all the whales around the world at the same time, - Fathom 00:08
If you were to listen to all the whales around the world at ...
Sometimes they occur in series that change order. - Fathom 00:05
Sometimes they occur in series that change order.
This call is produced, we think, by everyone. - Fathom 00:05
This call is produced, we think, by everyone.
This is an animal that has the potential to produce infinite numbers of calls. - Fathom 00:05
This is an animal that has the potential to produce infinite...
And the best way to start finding that out - Fathom 00:08
And the best way to start finding that out
This is the one that I fought for when I was 25 and I started this. - Fathom 00:04
This is the one that I fought for when I was 25 and I starte...
And this was the one that I rallied for when I started my PhD. - Fathom 00:05
And this was the one that I rallied for when I started my Ph...
This is the very beginning of how we understand - Fathom 00:07
This is the very beginning of how we understand
And how humpback whales perceive each other through sound. - Fathom 00:05
And how humpback whales perceive each other through sound.
And she always wanted to be an oceanographer, - Fathom 00:06
And she always wanted to be an oceanographer,
Noting the weird, noting the different, is the best thing you can do. - Fathom 00:06
Noting the weird, noting the different, is the best thing yo...
Because that will jump out at you - Fathom 00:07
Because that will jump out at you
Scientists had always thought that songs were only used for mating. - Fathom 00:05
Scientists had always thought that songs were only used for ...
So, a violin, a bark, - Fathom 00:06
So, a violin, a bark,
So these are, like, three perfect exam... - Fathom 00:04
So these are, like, three perfect exam...
But as I listened to a decade of recordings from the South Pacific, - Fathom 00:09
But as I listened to a decade of recordings from the South P...
But it's important that we're seeing the structure, right. - Fathom 00:04
But it's important that we're seeing the structure...
So we've got a big squeak, and then a lower frequency unit, - Fathom 00:07
So we've got a big squeak, and then a lower frequency u...
I've realized song had to be much more than just mating. - Fathom 00:04
I've realized song had to be much more than just mating...