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dc.date.accessioned2018-08-06T08:27:28Z
dc.date.available2018-08-06T08:27:28Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-01
dc.identifier.citationKiller whale in France mimics human speech. (2018, February 1). Manila Standard, p. B3.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/1440
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc.en
dc.titleKiller whale in France mimics human speechen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleManila Standarden
dc.citation.firstpageB3en
local.subject.classificationMS20180201_B3en
local.descriptionHer head above water, Wikie the killer whale looks at the human trainer next to her pool, listens, then loudly vocalizes: "Hello." It is not a perfect imitation, but, astonishingly, recognizable. It is the first scientific demonstration of an orca mimicking human words, which also included "Amy" - the name of Wikie's handler-"Bye-Bye" and "one-two-three". "We were not expecting a perfect match, like a parrot," researcher Jose Abramson of the Complutense University of Madrid said of the experiment reported Wednesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.en
local.subject.personalnameAbramson, Jose
local.subject.corporatenameComplutense University of Madriden
local.subject.corporatenameMarineland Aquariumen
dc.subject.agrovocaquatic mammalsen
dc.subject.agrovocVocalization behaviouren
dc.subject.agrovocSound productionen
dc.subject.agrovocanimal communicationen
dc.subject.agrovocresearchen
dc.subject.agrovoccetologyen
dc.subject.agrovocmimicryen


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