Crafty Beluga Whale Bagged Speaking Like a Human

[Zeraki]

And it said what exactly?

So long and thanks for all the... plankton? What do Beluga whales eat anyway?

OT

Okay... that sounds creepy as hell. I'm going to be having nightmares about that sound tonight.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

So, we can go one of two directions with this: First option, kill it and pray the others don't start mimicking it. Or two, we take it, we study it and it's kind, see if it is actually talking and not mimicking, and then try to train others in the art of English.

I'm sort of intrigued by the latter option, but the former is probably what's gonna happen.

 

[Saulkar]

You just know that one creepy marine biologist is squirming because an animal might report a sexual harrasment.

I am not squirming ,your argument is invalid.

 

[Nurb]

Related: Orca tries to communicate with an outboard motor... or trying to annoy the fishermen "HOW DO YOU LIKE HEARIN IT HUH?"

 

[Zortack]

I'm sure non of these scientist wanted to hear a remote resemblance to human speech. I'll be impressed once he gets a job.

 

[jamesbrown]

That does sound like humans underwater

 

[CarlMin]

Would be so interesting to know how intelligent these creatures really are. Is this the first step towards the language barrier finally being broken?

 

[gigastrike]

Trying to sound human? If you say so.

 

[kburns10]

Well, that Beluga Whale was quite rude! Good day, sir.

 

[Robot Number V]

Still a better singer than Justin Bieber or Rebecca Black if I do say so myself. So this is good sign that better times are ahead.

My eyes rolled so hard, they flew out of my skull, circled the globe, and popped back in.

OT:..Uh, cool. I guess. I'm not sure how they know for sure that it's an imitation of human speech, but if it is, I guess that's pretty cool.

 

[War Penguin]

Kind of sounded like my friend called me at 3:00 AM, drunk of course, and just said some incoherent garbage into his phone. Hell, if you listen closely at the end, you can hear my frustrated sigh. xD

So... belugas are gonna drunk dial me at 3:00 AM now. Fuck.

 

[Eggsnham]

So long and thanks for all the fish?

And so it begins.

 

[Mana Fiend]

Oh my gods, it's Willzyx. Let's get him back to the moon, stat!

 

[Cyrus Hanley]

That actually reminds me of this:

 

[Flatfrog]

Update: He's been given a rather wonderful jaunty accompaniment

http://soundcloud.com/jayforeman/singing-whale

Oh - and has anyone mentioned Hoover the talking seal yet?

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wtsf/Hoover.html

 

[mattttherman3]

That sounded like some asshole with a kazoo, I think we've been had.

 

[DkLnBr]

I meow at my cat all the time, is this what its like from his perspective?

 

[O maestre]

so the whales are trolling us? the japanese whalers were right!