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14-Year-Old Orca Whale Learns To Say "Hello" And A Lot More!

I think that orcas in the wild would not be able to pick up human words as easily as Wikie. First of all, Wikie lives at an aquatic park. That means that she is always around humans, therefore hearing more human words. On the other hand, wild orcas essentially never hear human words, as they are isolated into the ocean. Therefore, it would be harder for wild orcas to pick up human words than Wikie because they rarely hear them. I do think that most orcas will be able to pick them up eventually, though.

Over 8 years ago