The story of one whale who tried to bridge the linguistic divide between animals and humans: While captive in a Navy program, a beluga whale named Noc began to mimic human speech. What was behind his attempt to talk to us?

Charles Siebert

The story of one whale who tried to bridge the linguistic divide between animals and humans: While captive in a Navy program, a beluga whale named Noc began to mimic human speech. What was behind his attempt to talk to us?

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Original language	English (US)
Journal	Smithsonian
Issue number	JUN 2014
State	Published - 2014

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