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Re:Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals by sandworm101 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @11:11AM (#16274911)
And orca are not really whales. They are big dolphins. The name "killer whale" means "killer of whales", whale killer ... blame the french for that swap.

I downloaded a bbc show called "wild wales" expecting an epic doc about the sea. What i got was two guys in a camo tent feeding peanuts to squirrels. Language is hard.

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Re:Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals by logfromblammo on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @04:25PM (#16277692)
Orcas, porpoises, and dolphins are toothed whales. I don't know what you mean by "real whale" if the definition does not include them.

Whatever it is, if your definition includes pilot whales and sperm whales, it probably has to include the dolphin family, too.

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