Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL beluga whales can mimic human speechwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkTIL beluga whales can mimic human speechwww.youtube.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoCould this be where the mythology of sirens came from?
minus-squarecabbage@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days ago“HUDUDIDOO DE DAA DE DOO! HODEE DEE HOO!!!” “Oh, yes, the beautiful song of the sirens”
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoTBH it sounds just like talking underwater. Maybe they’re expert sound mimics and that’s just how they hear us.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoWho knows? Seals can also mimic human speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrMaLrkc5U
Could this be where the mythology of sirens came from?
“HUDUDIDOO DE DAA DE DOO! HODEE DEE HOO!!!”
“Oh, yes, the beautiful song of the sirens”
TBH it sounds just like talking underwater. Maybe they’re expert sound mimics and that’s just how they hear us.
Who knows? Seals can also mimic human speech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrMaLrkc5U