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SONG OF THE HUMPBACKRecording Gentle GiantsMarine biologist2 Jim Darling has studied the songs of humpback whales for more than 25 years. While recording whale songs on a boat near Hawaii, he invited author Douglas Chadwick to experience diving with a humpback. In the water, Chadwick heard the whale%u2019s songs in a way he had never heard them before. %u201cSuddenly, I no longer heard the whale%u2019s voice in my ears,%u201d he said. %u201cI felt it inside my head and bones.%u201d BHerman Melville, the writer of the famous whale story Moby Dick, once wrote that humpback whales were %u201cthe most lighthearted1of all the whales.%u201d A favorite of whale watchers everywhere, they often swim in ocean areas close to land and are active at the surface. They can often be seen breaching, or rising out of the water, and then coming down with a great splash. Humpbacks are intelligent animals, and can be seen working together to hunt schools of small fish. And, if you listen closely, you might even hear one singing.A1Someone or something that is lighthearted is cheerful and happy.2A marine biologist is a scientist who studies ocean life.Unit 2A23