Whale is considered to be intelligent creatures of the mammal kingdom and now one of them have learnt to mimic humans.

A team of international researchers have taught a female orca whale to imitate human speech and was successfully recorded by the researcher.

Hear to believe it.

Wikie the whale, now an inhabitant of Marineland Aquarium in southern France is the centre of attraction for researchers and whale enthusiasts. Now as their test subject, scientists discovered a whale could learn new vocalizations by imitating its trainer.

The whale is heard imitating a human speaking “hello”, “Amy”, “ 1…2…3”. Most mammals use the larynx to produce sound and as humans, we are able to speak in part because of the motor ability we possess.

To determine whether an orca whale really could learn new vocalizations, Josep Call, professor in evolutionary origins of mind at the University of St Andrews and a co-author of the study, explained how the team chose human sounds, which are not already in the whale`s repertoire.

But don`t get too excited about the prospect of speaking to whales just yet, The researchers, however, has made it clear the whale was just mimicking and there is no evidence to prove that they comprehend the language and the sound it was making.

Future research could be developed to explore if it was possible for whales to comprehend the sounds they are making.

Well, we have to wait and watch until they start comprehending human tongue as well.

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