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A New Hope: Seal Learns To Sing Star Wars Theme

Researchers say teaching seals to copy melodies might help inform speech therapy for humans.

Researchers at Scotland's University of St Andrews have coaxed a seal to "sing" the first notes of the Star Wars theme song and "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star".

In a, a gray seal named Zola hears a computer play the first seven notes of the theme, and then barks the tune back, stretching the last two notes.

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