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[quote]A young Beluga whale spent four years apparently trying to speak English recently, according to scientists in California. The cetacean's enunciation was apparently clear enough that it was actually discovered when the creature ordered a startled diver to get out of the water. “The whale’s vocalizations often sounded as if two people were conversing in the distance,” says Dr Sam Ridgway, President of the National Marine Mammal Foundation. “These ‘conversations’ were heard several times before the whale was eventually identified as the source. In fact, we discovered it when a diver mistook the whale for a human voice giving him underwater directions.” The whale in question was a young white beluga named "NOC", resident at the Foundation. According to an NMMF statement: [quote]As soon as the whale was identified as the source, NMMF scientists recorded his speech-like episodes both in air and underwater, studying the physiology behind his ability to mimic. It’s believed that the animals close association with humans played a role in how often he employed his ‘human’ voice, as well as in its quality. Researchers believe NOC’s sonic behavior is an example of vocal learning by a white whale. After about four years, NOC’s speech-like behavior subsided.[/quote] “When NOC matured, we no longer heard speech-like sounds, but he did remain quite vocal,” Ridgway says. The doc and colleagues from California uni and the US Navy's marine-mammal units (which are mainly staffed by dolphins) have [URL="http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(12)01009-3"]published a paper[/URL] in the journal [I]Current Biology[/I] on the amazing speech-like efforts of the while whale, which you can also sample in the vid above. If you believe in American literary tradition - perhaps [URL="http://mysite.du.edu/~ttyler/ploughboy/mochadick.htm"]based on a real animal[/URL] - this is not the first white whale to bring a message to humanity: but it would seem that NOC's message is an altogether cheerier one.[/quote] Video: [video=youtube;14MJXC0h4TU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14MJXC0h4TU[/video] Source:[URL]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/23/whale_speaks_english/[/URL]
I shall not sleep tonight.
HOLY FUCK- DOLPHIN PEOPLE.
Sounds like Rob Brydon's man in a box.
That sounds nothing like human speech.
Now we just need to teach them to sing Blood and Thunder. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Su1YXQYek[/media]
Thought of this immediately, only in English. [video=youtube;Sssqe-Dau-E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sssqe-Dau-E[/video]
I think you mixed the video up with Skrillex's new track, OP
[QUOTE=FlashFireSix;38149072]I think you mixed the video up with Skrillex's new track, OP[/QUOTE] Hahaha, oh man!
What if animals developed language on a primitive level at an accelerated pace due to human atmosphere and environment?
[QUOTE=lifehole;38149264]What if animals developed language on a primitive level at an accelerated pace due to human atmosphere and environment?[/QUOTE] Well we can teach gorillas to communicate with sign language, and they have been observed teaching their young signs as well. So maybe this is true. [editline]edit[/editline] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmuu8UEi2ko[/media]
[QUOTE=imptastick;38149375]Well we can teach gorillas to communicate with sign language, and they have been observed teaching their young signs as well. So maybe this is true. [editline]edit[/editline] [/QUOTE] I find this to be absolutely amazing. Especially in the beginning when the chimp was describing tobacco as "pipe food". Oh, and I suggest you guys watch the whole movie - the other 7 parts are on youtube as well.
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1215125[/url] On a larger scale.
[QUOTE=Stopper;38149575]I find this to be absolutely amazing. Especially in the beginning when the chimp was describing tobacco as "pipe food". Oh, and I suggest you guys watch the whole movie - the other 7 parts are on youtube as well.[/QUOTE] There was a human chimp cross but he died earlier this year. I can't remember if he could talk or not but there's a documentary about him [video=youtube;-C6NkRUbI38]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C6NkRUbI38[/video]
I don't understand the news articles about this. This happened in 1984 and went until 1988. He reached sexual maturity and stopped trying. He died in 2007. What plopped this into the news? EDIT: I mean aside from the paper. Like why wasn't it in the news prior to the paper. Especially given that NOC was only a small part of the paper, and not the only instance of whales attempting human speech.
[QUOTE=GunFox;38149948]I don't understand the news articles about this. This happened in 1984 and went until 1988. He reached sexual maturity and stopped trying. He died in 2007. What plopped this into the news?[/QUOTE] [quote]The doc and colleagues from California uni and the US Navy's marine-mammal units (which are mainly staffed by dolphins) have published a paper in the journal Current Biology on the amazing speech-like efforts of the while whale, which you can also sample in the vid above.[/quote] I think
[QUOTE=jaykray;38149968]I think[/QUOTE] Yeah, but look at it: [url]http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(12)01009-3[/url] It is just this little blip in a much larger publication.
[QUOTE=GunFox;38150030]Yeah, but look at it: [url]http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(12)01009-3[/url] It is just this little blip in a much larger publication.[/QUOTE] I guess, if you want to lock the thread then I can understand why. I just thought it was a cool little news story.
[QUOTE=jaykray;38150047]I guess, if you want to lock the thread then I can understand why. I just thought it was a cool little news story.[/QUOTE] Nah, the news outlets picked it up, which means the thread is fine. I'm mostly just curious what caused the news outlets to hook onto it. It is indeed novel, if somewhat nightmare inducing.
[url]http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/10/23/36-White-whale-produces-distinctly-human-like-voice-.html[/url] [url]http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/scientist-record-human-like-sounds-from-white-whal_807206.html[/url] [quote]Through acoustic analysis, researchers have for the first time been able to show that whales-or at least one very special white whale-can imitate the voices of humans.[/quote] That's the story I guess.
OIOYOYOYOY "Human Speech"
[QUOTE=zeromancer;38153082]OIOYOYOYOY "Human Speech"[/QUOTE] sure he's not exactly reciting shakespeare but those are not normal beluga sounds; the spacing of the chirp-phrases and the inflection of each individual chirp, for example, are both what makes this whale's vocalizations notably more human than usual
[QUOTE=zeromancer;38153082]OIOYOYOYOY "Human Speech"[/QUOTE] It's yiddish
[QUOTE=zeromancer;38153082]OIOYOYOYOY "Human Speech"[/QUOTE] Oh my god! It can talk! What's it saying? HURDEURDEURDEUR, HURDEURDEUR... [B]HURYURYURYURYURDEUDUER![/B] Fantastic Doctor, we must record this at once!
[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;38153311]Oh my god! It can talk! What's it saying? HURDEURDEURDEUR, HURDEURDEUR... [B]HURYURYURYURYURDEUDUER![/B] Fantastic Doctor, we must record this at once![/QUOTE] Your post reminded me of this... [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZvKaOntoK_0/TDB0CU1ta7I/AAAAAAAAAdQ/tUnjxTx0VVw/s1600/dolphin_cartoon.gif[/img]
The Whale invasion is beginning.
It's over again because Noc is dead and we would need to get a young dolphin in there to develop the speech overtime. I figured if a whale is able to connect auditory and visual input, they can overtime learn to match them with other actions. For instance, NOC was probably subjected to a lot of commands and actions over a very long period of time. So with that, I would think that the whale has enough intelligence to understand what the command means and if it knew what "get out" meant, it may have been trying for a while to communicate in the same way we do to tell them that. It's all a theory, but I would want to see a very young whale brought up in that environment, and then subjected to extra learning steps the same way chimps and orangutans do in a controlled, scientific setting.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;38155540]It's over again because Noc is dead and we would need to get a young dolphin in there to develop the speech overtime. I figured if a whale is able to connect auditory and visual input, they can overtime learn to match them with other actions. For instance, NOC was probably subjected to a lot of commands and actions over a very long period of time. So with that, I would think that the whale has enough intelligence to understand what the command means and if it knew what "get out" meant, it may have been trying for a while to communicate in the same way we do to tell them that. It's all a theory, but I would want to see a very young whale brought up in that environment, and then subjected to extra learning steps the same way chimps and orangutans do in a controlled, scientific setting.[/QUOTE] I'm interested to know why it stopped once it reached maturity.
"wow these humans are stupid i quit"
"Dood dee doo dee der da der da der" Guys I think it's making fun of us. That's his impression of humans.
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