"Talking" Whale Could Imitate Human Voice

Birds aren't the only animals that impersonate people—a beluga whale learned how to mimic the human voice, a new study suggests. The "talking whale" was NOC, a captive whale that lived for 30 years at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego, California, until his death in 2007. Researchers first noticed something peculiar back in 1984, when they heard people talking around NOC's enclosure when no one else was nearby. (more)