Josie Hubbard is an animal behavior researcher at UC Davis who was part of a project done in conjunction with the SETI Institute in which they communicated with a whale named "Twain" in an experiment that they hope might facilitate future interactions between humans and non-Earth intelligences.
Scientists had a 20-minute “conversation” with a humpback whale named Twain (msn.com)
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