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Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

When they taught apes sign language, it got stuck on the fact that they couldn't form structured sentences (they just mimed jumbled strings of words). Perhaps whales will be different?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    You trying to tell me this is not a correctly structured sentence from my boy Nim the chimp,

    Give Me Orange Give Orange Me Give Eat Orange Me Eat Orange Give Me Eat Orange Give Me You

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