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D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF   By Journalists Edward  Kane & Marya nne Kane WORLD'S FIRST HUMAN-WHALE CONVERSATION                                                                                Source:  Twain & Stock A team of scientists from SETI, University of California Davis and the Alaska Whale Foundation say they've had the world's 1st human conversation with a humpback whale.  Here's what we know: Whales are highly intelligent, huge and very complex animals They make groans, whoops, thrup noises, sing lengthy songs and are rhythmic They speak a complex, elusive language, until now with this new research Scientists recorded humpback whales and played the recordings to other whales with an underwater speaker One female, named Twain, heard the recording, then mimicked it for 20 minutes and kept circling the boat that was the source of the recording Twain also repeatedly responded to the whales' recorded greeting calls & matched the time they took to resp