Only Polar Bear

Following the end of the Cold War, a group of top secret U.S. Navy officials discovered an unknown sound in the Pacific through anti-submarine hydrophone recordings. Marine Biologist William Watkins analyzed the recordings and determined that the unknown frequencies were from a whale. A unique whale. His call was much higher than other whales that migrate in that area. 

Causing him to call out onto an ocean that can not understand him.
A foreign frequency not interpreted by any other whale.

Scientists speculated that he may be malformed, deaf, or a hybrid between a fin and blue whale.

For decades, he has been roaming the ocean alone. Giving him the nickname “The Worlds Loneliest Whale” by people who feel mirrored by this story of solitude and not being heard.

This is a song for the 52 Hertz Whale.


Whale Elements Used in 52:
-Fin Whale Chuffs (105-110 beats per minute)
-52/Blue/Humpback Whale Calls (In the key of F sharp Minor)
-Blue Whale (Bass)
-Fin/Blue/52/Humpback  (All combined to make a whale choir during 2nd Chorus)
-Fin/Blue/52/Humpback (Final Chorus was left open for each whale to sing)

This is a song I made for my Intro to Evolution Course about "Lucy" the Australopithecus afarensis fossil that was discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia on November 24th, 1974 by Donald Johanson and a team of scientists. Lucy's remains dated back to 3.4-3.0 m.y.a. and was the most completed early hominin fossil structure during the time of her discovery. The sources I used for the information in this song are listed below:

0:12 (The Discovery of Lucy) - Johanson, Donald C., et al. Lucy, the beginnings of humankind. United Kingdom, Simon and Schuster, 1981.

1:30 (Sexual Dimorphism) - Reno PL, Lovejoy CO. 2015. From Lucy to Kadanuumuu: balanced analyses of Australopithecus afarensis assemblages confirm only moderate skeletal dimorphism. PeerJ 3:e925

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