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Sea lion naturuang kumanta ng twinkle twinkle little star!

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Inaalagaan at pinapalaki ng mga scientist sa University of St. Andrews ang ilan sa mga sea lion na naipapanganak doon, ito ay para na rin pag-aralan ang kakayahan ng mga hayop na makapagsalita.

Ayon sa report na nai-published ng mga bio­logy researcher, gusto nila umanong malaman kung kaya bang maturuan ang mga seal na kopyahin ang mga melody at human formants na kanilang nariri­nig, isang parte ng speech sounds na ginagamit ng mga tao para maintindihan ang mga impormasyong kanilang nakukuha.

Ang isang seal na nag­ngangalang Zola ay ma­tagumpay nilang naturuang kumanta, at ang kaya niyang kantahin? – ang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

“For example, diffe­rent vowels only differ in their formants.

“The seals were trained to copy sequences of their own sounds, and then to turn those into melodies. The animals also learned to copy human vowel sounds.

“It wasn’t easy at first, but the seals eventually caught on.

“It takes hundreds of trials to teach the seal what we want it to do, but once they get the idea they can copy a new sound pretty well at the first attempt,” paliwanag ng researcher na si Vincent Janik.

Hindi lamang Twinkle Twinkle… ang kayang kantahin ni Zola, maging ang theme song ng pelikulang Star Wars ay kanya ring nagagaya.

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