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Beluga Whale Mimics Human Voice, Sounds Like Swedish Chef [AUDIO]

posted October 22, 2012 by

A study published today in Current Biology explores the case of a beluga whale who learned to mimic human speech. It's the first such case in which a recording was captured. Above is the audio — in which this awesome whale totally sounds like the Swedish Chef. Or a big kazoo.

Spontaneous Human Speech Mimicry by a Cetacean