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Whale Hello: Orcas Can Imitate Human Speech, Researchers Find
Description: An international team of researchers, working with two orcas at an aquarium in France, have found that the whales were able to replicate the sounds of human speech, including words like "hello" and "bye-bye," as well as series of sounds like "ah ah." The orcas could also imitate a human blowing a raspberry, or copy the sound of another orca, scientists say. [Source: National Public Radio]
URL: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/31/582254895/whale-hello-orcas-can-imitate-human-speech-researchers-find
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Source: National Public Radio
Publish Date: 1/31/2018
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