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		2muchcoffeeman on Jan 31, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals I YouTubed this. The speech is surprisingly clear and sounds human.

gadders on Jan 31, 2018 [–]

He was a pretty good mimic. I just watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfqiEGYEQoQ and you have to watch the seal to make sure that is him talking and not the crowd.

knownothing on Jan 31, 2018 | [–]

Interesting. If I was a sailor hundreds of years ago and witnessed something like that I might think it was a merman.

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