It looks like the lyre bird and its futuristic laser sounds might finally have a challenger: the dwarf minke whale. These lesser-known leviathans might not have vocal chords, but they somehow manage to produce a blaster-like “da-da-da-daaaang”, aptly known as the “Star Wars sound”.
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Whale sounds like a lightsaber #GreatBarrierReef
Listen to the first ever recording of a dwarf minke whale… they sound like lightsabers!Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough starts 30 December on BBC One
Posted by BBC Earth on Friday, December 18, 2015
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