The song is that of a humpback whale and was recorded by scientists in March 1949 in Bermuda, researchers said.

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This incredible audio has just been discovered, and was recorded on 7 March 1949 by researchers aboard a ship near Bermuda.

Theories about the sound's origins included an undiscovered sea creature. By 2011, NOAA scientists concluded the sound was the cracking of an ice shelf during an icequake. In the summer of 1997, ...

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In 1997, NOAA scientists recorded a haunting, strange sound in the southern Pacific Ocean's depths. Theories about the sound's origins included an undiscovered sea creature. By 2011, NOAA scientists ...