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Everybody knows that whales and dolphins can vocalize through echolocation, which they use to communicate with each other. Now a Japanese ‘whale whisperer’ has taught a beluga whale to recognize and repeat three sounds associated with three different objects. This is nice coming from a country that has been promoting whales for food rather than conversation lately. It’s a nice start, but I have a feeling they have a lot more to say.  Nack, a whale at the Kamogawa Sea World marine park near Tokyo, emits a short, high-pitched sound when he sees a swimming fin, a long, high-pitched sound when he sees goggles and a short, low-pitched sound when he sees a bucket.
Tokai University professor Tsukasa Murayama started training Nack after he became dissatisfied with hand-signals currently used to communicate with dolphins and whales.
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