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Monkey Syntax
Scientists have discovered that monkeys have a richer vocabulary than previously thought.
"Hack hack hack pyow hack hack" might not mean much to human ears, but to a putty-nosed monkey it means, "I'm adult male X; I have just seen an eagle; I will now move away," according to a new study showing that primates can combine individual calls to express different meanings.
So there's monkey syntax; does this means that there are also monkey misunderstandings and simian slips? (SUZANNE)
March 11, 2008
