Listen to these Orca whales imitate human speech
The whales are able to say simple phrases like ‘hello’ and ‘bye bye’.
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The whales are able to say simple phrases like ‘hello’ and ‘bye bye’.
The mother, 25-year-old Takara, was already pregnant when SeaWorld announced it had stopped breeding orcas.
The whale was profiled in Blackfish, a 2013 documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity.
SeaWorld has seen attendance go down in recent years – in part as a result of revelations in the 2013 documentary Blackfish.
The Orca had become snagged on rocks as low tide set in in Hartley, Canada.
“Not super comfortable with this guys”.
According to a crew filming the whale, this was an attempt at communication.
The orca killed the park worker by dragging her under the water. The whale is linked to two previous deaths.