Whales that speak human language - by @bigbear
It is incredible to think that a killer whale like an orca can speak our language.
They find it very easy to say word said to them, something like a parrot only much faster.
The Orca killer whale is just one of the animals that learn how to say words.
They have some beluga that was put in with bottlenose dolphins, and after a time he sounded just like them. This just happened and it was not done under scientific testing, but they have now done tests with two Orca’s.
They have recently taught a whale called Wikie and Maona, the researchers taught them some commands in Orca and that was no problem. The researchers started teaching them words in English like hello and bye- bye; they even have different accents.
They have no problem learning certain words yet it seems as though they have a problem with counting. Three seem to be a difficult word for them.
The new results show that orcas not only have different dialects between pods, but they have the incredible ability to learn to imitate sounds wherever they hear them.
So, it’s OK if you don’t speak whale. Whales can speak human well enough.
They reckon that Orcas are exceptional at learning anything they hear and vocalise any sound.
Courtesy of youtube
Wikie and Maona was fed when they did the word the way they should, Maona is the calf of Wikie, who both now know the command “copy” and when a word is said they say the word. That is when they are given extra food for doing something the way they should.
Courtesy of youtube
The funny thing about some whales is that when they come from different parts of the ocean, they have different accents; you can hear it in the video.
What I personally liked the most was that they said they are bilingual. It is so funny to think that an animal can speak human.
Apparently there are many more animals that have this ability but this was just very smart to me.
Wikie and Maona are the first that were really researched all the others happened by accident and people just noticed that they said and made different sounds.
They even found a whale who barked like a seal but this was not done under controlled environment. This was written in the journal
Biology Letters.
Who would think that a killer whale has this ability.
My source: https://www.livescience.com/61583-orca-says-hello.html
There is nothing beautiful than nature
Such big and beautiful animals! The pictures are just super!
Whales are incredibly intelligent, I feel like a lot of us underestimate their intelligence.
They are such cute and smart animals. I didn’t know they can make these noises!
Amazing post!!
This makes complete and total sense. Whales are so incredibly smart, it doesn't take much stretch of the imagination to believe this. So many researchers have shown them communicating and cooperating during huntz, and even showing that humpback whales will sometimes step in and protect other animals from Orcas.
Humans are silly to think we're the only minds out there.
Wow
Amazing your posts
So impressive pics and text. It reminds me of my whale watching tour that I did in Sydney. Unfortunately, I could not make comparably beautiful photos there ;) These are such fascinating animals...
They are incredibly intelligent creature, so my surprise was little. Still, isn't this fact amazing?
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Wow it actually did sort of sound like it was talking,thanks for sharing.