I don’t think I’ll ever view whales the same way again… Animals are capable of amazing feats, but this revelation could be one of the most unsettling — many are puzzled after hearing a beluga whale attempt to imitate human speech.
Beluga human speech.
We often believe that communicating with animals is impossible like it is with humans, yet some species can imitate human sounds in astonishing ways. Parrots serve as a great example, often learning phrases and complete sentences with remarkable clarity.
Imagine the surprise of hearing a beluga whale underwater producing sounds that eerily resemble human speech. While dolphins have been trained to replicate human-like sounds, no animal had ever done this spontaneously until NOC, a nine-year-old whale, came into the picture.
He emitted unusual noises at low octaves in quick, sharp bursts. It all started when a diver at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in California surfaced, confused, asking, ‘Who told me to get out?’