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Dec 2023
25m 16s

Can you speak fish?

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Someone get a translator app because the fish are ready to speak.  Featuring: Lauren Hawkins, Centre for Marine Science and Technology at Curtin University.  Dr Aaron Rice, Research Scientist at Cornell University.  Featured sounds : Thanks to Aaron and Lauren for providing sounds as well as Professor Robert McCauley and the Centre for Marine Scie ... Show More
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