It is well known that hyenas are capable of speech. The Ancient Mursi Tribe spun magnificent yarns about the spotted hyena who would spend weeks sleeping outside the village, following the tribesmen and actually learning their names. After weeks of this, the hyenas would wait on the outskirts of the village and call the name of the tribesman, luring him out to the brush where the pack would close in and gobble him up.

Now, what is not as well known is that blue whales have been known to practice this same technique. The great blue whale will rest in the ocean until a fishing boat approaches and the massive sea beast will swim along side or underneath for days, learning the names of the different crew members. Once memorized, the blue whale will then swim up to the surface of the ocean when a crew member is out on the decks and call his name. Once the whale has his attention, it will whisper bogus stock market tips to the fisherman, thus ruining him financially.

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