New York (dpa) – It has the largest mouth of any animal and uses its truck-sized curved head to batter through Arctic ice to surface from the depths. And while swimming in freezing waters and smashing cranium-first up into ice sheets might not seem like the best way to guarantee longevity, such bone-chilling rough and tumble is no obstacle to the bowhead whale. Like humpback whales, bowheads are known for their musical calls and are sometimes referred to as the jazz players of the ocean for their complex arrangements of ululations and bellows. Today’s elderly bowhead crooners were likely singing the same songs around the time of the US Civil War, the 1848 revolutions in Europe, or even the Congress of Vienna after Napoleon’s defeat. With lifespans topping 200 years, the 20-metre-long, 80-9

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