It is incredible to think that a killer whale like an orca can speak our language.

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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.

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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.

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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

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42877067