Whales, Sperm whales are known for speaking a sort of “Morse Code” language, they perform repetitive patterns (e.g., codas), and so “do you copy” is an expression that recalls the essence of Morse code: after emitting a message, radio operators ensure that the other person has heard, understood and written down the message, just as  we would like audiences to listen and write down the importance of addressing anthropogenic underwater noise and act accordingly.

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As for Opus, we would like to emphasize that some of most the affected animals are whales. Their daily “opera” when they talk, sing, navigate, communicate is being interrupted by anthropogenic noises and thus, this is a work of art focusing mainly on them. Also because at an ancestral/aboriginal level whales play an important role in culture.