A New Hope: Seal Learns To Sing Star Wars Theme
Researchers say teaching seals to copy melodies might help inform speech therapy for humans.
by Daniella Cheslow
Jun 23, 2019
2 minutes
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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