WHALIEN 52Hz

 

 

Who is the loneliest creature in the world? An ant separated from his flock or a child lost in the crowd? The loneliest creature in the world is a male whale who lives alone in isolation from the vast marine world. or can be called "The Loneliest 52Hz whale".

This phenomenon is an abnormal case where researchers found a male whale living alone in the middle of the ocean in the Pacific Ocean. As is known, whales are large mammals that always live with their fellow species. This large group usually consists of 6 to 10 whales that will migrate each year according to the changing seasons. Researchers almost never find whales that live in the ocean without flocking for a long time. This rare case was first discovered in 1989. Reported by the Washington Post page in January 2017, this lonely whale was first discovered by marine biota researcher Dr. William Watkins of the Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole.

 The sound of individual male whales is detected which is of a higher frequency than the normal migrating whales like this whale. A regular blue whale is heard at 10-39Hz and a fin whale at 20Hz. Whale 52 was detected to sound at a frequency of 52Hz, therefore he was called Whale 52. Whale 52 allegedly cannot hear the calls of other whales and conversely other whales cannot hear the voice of Whale 52. All his life he lived alone without being able to hear and be heard by his own species. Starting in 2014, the Whale 52 is heard almost every year. Because of its deplorable condition, society made the Whale 52 an icon from exile. How he feels alienated from his own world because he is different from others and lives his own life because of his limitations.

With a sad story, a boy group called BTS made a song inspired by the life of Whale 52 as a metaphor for the alienation from others that teenagers often feel. Through the lyrics “I am heading towards my future. That blue beach and believe in my hertz," BTS said it's okay to be different from the others and continue to believe in your voice and how everyone is different but unique in the end.