Male Beluga Whale Mimics Human Voice

Move over, Moby Dick. Scientists have found a white whale capable of imitating human speech.

These findings, the first to show that whales can mimic the voices of humans, suggest that researchers might want to analyze other whales for similar abilities.

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---I also found this part of the article particularly interesting:

These sounds are even more surprising because whales typically produce sounds in a completely different way from people, using their nasal tracts and not the voice box or larynx as humans do. To make these humanlike sounds, Noc had to vary the air pressure in his nasal tract while adjusting liplike valves and over-inflating sacs under his blowhole. 

"Such obvious effort suggests motivation for contact," Ridgway said.

Very cool!  I wish the article had a video or sound clip of one mimicking human speech.