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  • From: Carrie McLaren <stay.free AT verizon.net>
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  • Subject: [monkeywire] Study: Chimps chat as they eat
  • Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:03:29 -0400

14 October 2005
CHIMPS CHAT AS THEY EAT
By Tom Parry
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16246764&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=chimps-chat-as-they-eat--name_page.html

CHIMPANZEES talk to each other when they feed, a study has found.

Scientists discovered their grunts change for different types of food - with a higher pitch for highly-valued treats like bread and low calls for less esteemed fare like apples.

It is the first time researchers have established that speech exists between apes. Previously it was thought they only used gestures to communicate.

The ground-breaking study was conducted on Edinburgh Zoo chimps by primate experts from the University of St Andrews.

Grunts at different meals were recorded. When calls of one chimp were played to another, it recognised the sounds for separate food types.

That chimp then looked in the appropriate place for the food itself.



  • [monkeywire] Study: Chimps chat as they eat, Carrie McLaren, 10/14/2005

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