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Whales Found To Speak In Dialects

 December 21, 2006 @ 07:53 AM (EST)
We could blame our accents and different dialects on self-imposed borders but that doesn't explain why animals like whales from different regions speak in dialects. Using underwater microphones, scientists eavesdropped on some whale talk and found that the blue whales off the Pacific Northwest sound different than those living in the western Pacific Ocean or near Chile. The reason for the different whale tongues is still unknown...
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