<story><title>Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/31/orcas-killer-whales-can-imitate-human-speech-research-reveals</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sethbannon</author><text>Listening to these remarkable recordings, I can&amp;#x27;t help but think that as time goes on, more and more of the artificial mental barriers we&amp;#x27;ve built between us and non-human animals will fall. I hope with more research humanity stops seeing non-human animals as resources to be exploited but rather as sentient beings to be respected.</text></comment>
<story><title>Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/31/orcas-killer-whales-can-imitate-human-speech-research-reveals</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gadders</author><text>Seals can do this too [1]. Worth clicking on the link to hear the strong New England accent that Hoover the Seal had.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Hoover_(seal)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Hoover_(seal)&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>