Katy Payne In the Presence of Elephants and Whales
b'We were made and set here, the writer Annie Dillard once wrote, \\u201cto give voice to our astonishments.\\u201d Katy Payne is a renowned acoustic biologist with a Quaker sensibility. She\\u2019s found her astonishment \\u2014 and many life lessons \\u2014 in listening to two of the world\\u2019s largest creatures. From the wild coast of Argentina to the rainforests of Africa, she discovered that humpback whales compose ever-changing songs and that elephants communicate across long distances by infrasound.\\n\\nFind the transcript for this show at onbeing.org. This interview originally aired in February 2007.'