Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/06/24/these-seals-are-singing-for-sc.html
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First impression…seawater and all, but those facilities are freaking oxidized as hell, St. Andrews. Is this even close to healthy for the seals?
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https://www.navyband.navy.mil/sea_chanters.html
Maybe nobody will notice them, but (maybe) some seals are singing there too…
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Britain’s got Talent, eh?
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Seems like a great time to remember Hoover the Talking Seal, who lived at the New England Aquarium in Boston.
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“But we’re never gonna survive, unless
We get a little crazy”
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They’re seals; they’d sound much better in the water… specifically… in the shower.
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Hoover’s mimicry was at times ridiculously clear, especially if you were from New England, lol:
https://auditoryneuroscience.com/vocalizations-speech/hoover-talking-seal
http://sites.bu.edu/guentherlab/miscellaneous-videos-and-oddities/hoover-the-talking-seal/
It’s amazing how he sounds just like an old Mainer, rly.
And btw I’m reading a book on language right now which briefly describes how differing physiology has made it so that we could have our complex vocal language and our primate relatives have their vocal communication (which is why for instance Koko was taught using sign language).
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