According to scientists these whales use a series of clicks, whistles and pulses to communicate with one another; however, from one killer whale clan to another, the difference in dialect can be significant, like humans!
In this regard, the Smithsonian stated that in some cases, the difference can be likened to that of the difference between Greek and Russian.
University of San Diego graduate student Whitney Musser and Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute senior research scientist Dr. Ann Bowles found that killer whales sounded a lot like the bottle nosed dolphins they were socialized with.
The whales observed by Musser and Bowles were even able to mimic a sequence of sounds that trainers had taught the dolphins before they were put in with the killer whales.
This suggests that their brains have high levels of neural plasticity.
Killer Whales are extremely intelligent creatures. Don't believe us? Just check out how this wild Orca attempts to communicate with humans by imitating the sound of their motor boat!
The scientists also found that killer whales had a bit of an accent.
The whales were able to reproduce four times as many whistles as a control group of killer whales, but their whistles were at lower rates than their dolphin friends.