Reposted by David McGuffin
Crazy cool story in @thetimes.com: the language used by White Gladis and her pod of boat-attacking orca does "not merely represent a different orca “accent”....It’s like the difference between Arabic and Latin....a separate branch of the linguistic family tree." 🌍🧪 www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
thetimes.com
Orcas blamed for yacht attacks are speaking their own language
Scientists studying killer whales linked to hundreds of encounters with boats near Gibraltar have discovered that the pod communicates using a unique dialect
