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Hollywood is chipping in to help find 'the world's loneliest whale'
The whale uses a frequency no other whale can hear.
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SOME OF HOLLYWOOD’S top stars have pitched in as part of a documentary that hopes to find “the world’s loneliest whale”.
The whale is referred to as ’52 Hertz’ because it uses a frequency that no other whale in the ocean can hear.
The calls were first picked up by submarines in 1989 and were a mystery until scientists deduced that they were coming from a single whale.
The whale has never been seen in the wild but its unique calls mean its movements have been tracked for over 20 years.
The documentary is being put together by actor and film-maker Adrien Grenier and film director/producer Joshua Zeman. A kickstarter campaign was launched to raise $300,000 to fund the both the documentary and scientific research.
The fund was $22,000 short of its deadline on Wednesday before Leonardo DiCaprio stumped up $50,000 to ensure the project went ahead.
Over $400,000 had now been pledged.
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