Beluga whale 'makes human-like sounds'

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-20026938

Beluga whales are known as "canaries of the sea" because of their frequent, high-pitched calls

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The first mystery, though, was figuring out where the sound was coming from.

When a diver at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in California surfaced saying, "Who told me to get out?" the researchers there knew they had another example on their hands.

The whales are known as "canaries of the sea" for their high-pitched chirps, but while a number of anecdotal reports have described whales making human-like speech, none had ever been recorded.

Once they identified NOC as the culprit, they caught it on tape.

[darkangel218]

1. Yah i heard it on radio last night. Quiet amazing n/t

[Ian David]

2. It sounds like Butters from South Park. n/t

[tinrobot]

3. If we can't learn their language...

...maybe they can learn ours.