Comments on: The Beluga Whale That Mimicked Humans http://www.theworld.org/2012/10/beluga-mimicks-humans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beluga-mimicks-humans Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Samdromeda http://www.theworld.org/2012/10/beluga-mimicks-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-26320 Samdromeda Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:30:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=143415#comment-26320 Why does Ba speak to Pa? Why does Ba speak to Pa?

]]> By: Patti Bee http://www.theworld.org/2012/10/beluga-mimicks-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-26288 Patti Bee Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:01:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=143415#comment-26288 And I had the same thought. How sad to keep such intelligent, far roaming animals in captivity. Any cetacean smart enough to say OUT is telling us that all confined marine mammals want out. By the way, I recommend Eye of the Whale by Douglas Abrams - an entertaining and very informative novel about whales where they don't want to be. And I had the same thought. How sad to keep such intelligent, far roaming animals in captivity. Any cetacean smart enough to say OUT is telling us that all confined marine mammals want out.

By the way, I recommend Eye of the Whale by Douglas Abrams – an entertaining and very informative novel about whales where they don’t want to be.

]]> By: Judy Szela http://www.theworld.org/2012/10/beluga-mimicks-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-26287 Judy Szela Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:47:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=143415#comment-26287 Exactly what I was thinking Andrew. The whale was not asking that the human get out but rather that he be let out. Exactly what I was thinking Andrew. The whale was not asking that the human get out but rather that he be let out.

]]> By: Andrew Poliakoff http://www.theworld.org/2012/10/beluga-mimicks-humans/comment-page-1/#comment-26285 Andrew Poliakoff Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:48:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=143415#comment-26285 Interesting story, a beluga whale is captured and held in a Navy enclosure and then learns to 'talk'. I heard it on my drive home and halfheartedly couldn't help but think it was a set up for a Henny Youngman-esque joke. ("Interesting, what did whale learn to say?" ..Hmm...let me guess.."Let me out!" ) Understandably I was a bit astonished that neither of the broadcasters expressed surprise at the fact that indeed the one word the whale had learned was "out!" Apparently truth is stranger than fiction. Maybe the Navy could have rewarded him for his act of inter-species communication by letting him, OUT. Interesting story, a beluga whale is captured and held in a Navy enclosure and then learns to ‘talk’. I heard it on my drive home and halfheartedly couldn’t help but think it was a set up for a Henny Youngman-esque joke. (“Interesting, what did whale learn to say?” ..Hmm…let me guess..”Let me out!” ) Understandably I was a bit astonished that neither of the broadcasters expressed surprise at the fact that indeed the one word the whale had learned was “out!” Apparently truth is stranger than fiction. Maybe the Navy could have rewarded him for his act of inter-species communication by letting him, OUT.

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