WATCH: Seal copies human voice to sing 'Twinkle Twinkle' and Star Wars theme

Research from the Scottish Oceans Institute at the University of St Andrews has shown that grey seals can copy the human voice by using the same sound production mechanisms as humans.

WATCH: Seal copies human voice to sing 'Twinkle Twinkle' and Star Wars theme

Research from the Scottish Oceans Institute at the University of St Andrews has shown that grey seals can copy the human voice by using the same sound production mechanisms as humans.

The research published in Current Biology found that seals could be a new model system to study speech disorders.

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