Photos and Sound Clips

Have a glance at some field photos and have a listen to some of the marine mammals that the Tyack Laboratory records.

If you would like to use any of the sound clips or photos in our lab webpages, please contact Amanda Hansen at WHOI for permissions and required credits.

What is that sound?

Tagged Odontocetes produced regular click trains often punctuated by a brief pause or rapidly accelerating series of clicks, called a 'buzz' or a 'creak'.

• Regular Clicks: a long train of regularly spaced clicks lasting for minutes during deep dives.
• Buzz or Creaks: closely spaced clicks with the rate of clicking accelerating over the course of the creak, which is an indicator of a foraging phase of a dive.
• Codas: a pattern of three to twenty clicks, often made in exchanges with other whales.