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Understanding Monkey Talk

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We humans have the incredible ability to use sounds to communicate, via language. Of course, many other animals makes sounds, but do these sounds have meaning? Can animals differentiate between vocal sounds made by their peers or neighbors? Primatologist Klaus Zuberbühler demonstrates how primates communicate in the forest and birds eavesdrop on monkey conversations.

Image courtesy of gravity_grave; Recorded June 2010; Posted October 2010

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