While scientists have attempted to explain the 52 hertz whale’s unusual song, each of their theories is flawed and the whale’s uniqueness remains a mystery.
First, it’s unlikely that the 52 hertz whales are hybrid, its migration pattern is too unusual. All hybrid whales that we know follow the migration patterns of non-hybrid whales and so all hybrids typically travel together with normal whales. If the 52 hertz whale were a hybrid, it would likely do the same. By listening to the locations of the 52 hertz whale song, however, scientists have been able to determine that it does not migrate alongside other whales. Unlike all other known hybrids, it has its own unusual migration pattern and migrates alone.
Second, deafness or poor hearing cannot really explain one important feature of the 52 hertz whale’s song. It’s extremely high pitch. The pitch actually depends upon the physical structure of the whale’s throat. You see, just like in humans, the vocal sounds that a whale makes originate in its vocal apparatus. To produce a song of such an extremely high pitch, the throat structure of this particular whale must be very unusual and this unusual throat structure cannot be caused by a damaged sense of hearing because there is typically no connection between hearing and throat structure.
Third, it’s also unlikely that the 52 hertz whale is the only known member of a rare species. Even if the species was rare, the whales had to have parents. Those parents would have also sung at the 52 hertz frequency. But the technology that detects whale sounds underwater has been in use for many decades, so if other 52 hertz whales, such as the parents of today’s whale, had been around at a relatively recent time, scientists would have heard them, but no such whale songs have ever been heard before this one.
The reading states that a unique whale known as a 52-hertz whale with the uncommon feature is a song with a high pitch of nearly 52 hertz and provides three reasons for supporting it. However, the professor explains that that specific feature remains a mystery and refutes each author's reasons.
First, the article claims that the 52-hertz whale is likely the hybrid whale, which means its parent are from two different species of whales. The professor opposes this point by saying that hybrid whales, like other whales, have a migration pattern. Not only the 52-hertz whale do not follow that pattern, but it has its migration route and does this alone.
Second, the reading posits that the unusual sound is related to the whale's hearing system, which probably may be damaged. In contrast, the professor says that this unique sound originates from the throat, and the physical structure of the throat plays an important role in this unusual sound. He also states that there is no connection between hearing and throat structure.
Third, the article says that the 52-hertz whale likely belongs to one particular species. The professor casts doubt on this point by explaining that any species has own family, at least parents, but there are no evidence of other sounds similar to this kind of the 52-hertz whale' sound. Of course, if there were particular species, there would be this sound of others.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, third, at least, in contrast, kind of, of course
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 22.0 30.3222958057 73% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1180.0 1373.03311258 86% => OK
No of words: 235.0 270.72406181 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02127659574 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.91531732006 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.29363675829 2.5805825403 89% => OK
Unique words: 134.0 145.348785872 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.570212765957 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 342.0 419.366225166 82% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.1430941314 49.2860985944 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.272727273 110.228320801 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3636363636 21.698381199 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.72727272727 7.06452816374 124% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.371459905283 0.272083759551 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.141616853724 0.0996497079465 142% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.105579067609 0.0662205650399 159% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.226337920891 0.162205337803 140% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.101477763083 0.0443174109184 229% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 13.3589403974 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.17 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 52.0 63.6247240618 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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