Monkeys can imitate accent of other species to enhance communication

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Monkeys will use the “accent” of another species when they enter its territory to enhance communication, much like a British person living in the US might forgo their ‘tomahto’ for ‘tomayto, researchers have found.

Researchers investigated the behaviour of 15 groups of two roughly squirrel-sized primate species in the Brazilian Amazon: pied tamarins (Saguinus bicolor) and red-handed tamarins (Saguinus midas).

The critically endangered pied tamarin – a species with a black hairless face, white shaggy fur on the neck and shoulders and an almond-hued coat from the waist down – largely live around the city of Manaus. Red-handed tamarins, which have ginger hands and feet and a body covered in black fur, are found across the north-east Amazon region.

By comparing recordings of the acoustic profile or calls of the two species in three locations – places inhabited solely by pied tamarins; by red-handed tamarins; and areas inhabited by both species – the researchers found that the red-handed tamarins adopted the calls of their neighbours in the shared region, according to the study published in the Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology journal.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/27/monkeys-adopt-accent-of-other-species-when-in-shared-territory-study

[MyQueen 2,409]

Some things dont change

 

[tylerjs 6,093]

I’ve always been afraid of bigger apes. Specifically chimps, gorillas, but the worst are baboons. I still have nightmares about being attacked by troops of apes lmao 

 

happy to derail the thread. carry on 

[Reginald 13,841]

This such an adorable picture  

Look at the little teeth! 

[sarahb 17,185]

Me trying to speak to Americans 

Last week I said 'beers' to an American and he was like 'bees?' 

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1 hour ago, sarahb said:

Me trying to speak to Americans 

Last week I said 'beers' to an American and he was like 'bees?' 

beers? The alcoholic drink? LMAO

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1 minute ago, GagasBiggestFan said:

beers? The alcoholic drink? LMAO

Yeah, it's because I don't really pronounce the 'R' sound at the end of words lol 

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4 hours ago, Reginald said:

This such an adorable picture  

Look at the little teeth! 

Just image these two as a couple - 

 

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This is soo weird. After I posted the monkey video I started seeing so many Youtube videos with it.