Scientists have revealed that whales and dolphins are more successful in their hunts when they make noises similar to those made by reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
Kim Kardashian, alongside singer Katy Perry and actress Scarlett Johannson, have made the sound “vocal fry” popular over time.
The sound register is the lowest the human voice can possibly go.
Researchers have now discovered that a sound frequency that might annoy human ears actually helps sea creatures hunt.
Toothed whales, including sperm and killer whales as well as dolphins, lower their sounds to navigate possible food at low depths of the ocean.
Beforehand, it may have been thought that the sea animals were just massive fans of Kim Kardashian and all her work.
The squeaky tone could actually solve the mystery as to how marine animals hunt without any visibility, using sound, as opposed to sign, to hunt.
When humans speak in this tone, it might give several men, mostly husbands, a headache. But for the whales, it registers a sound that produces 700 clicks a second, with very little air needed, The Times reported.
“This air economy makes it especially ideal for echolocation,” said Peter Madsen from Aarhus University in Denmark.
“While vocal fry in humans may be perceived as everything from annoying to authoritative, it doubtlessly made toothed whales an evolutionary success story.”
The findings were published in the journal Science and were presented at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington DC.
Compiled by Dylan Bettencourt
Pictured above: Kim Kardashian and a whale
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