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Translation of monkey speak reveals that at least some of our fellow primates communicate a lot about leopards, birds of prey and falling tree branches.
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tblue37
(65,490 posts)uppityperson
(115,681 posts)Very cool
DavidDvorkin
(19,494 posts)I thought that language was real and Burroughs knew what he was talking about.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,494 posts)So I thought it might actually come in handy. You never know.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)Jane Goodall. You never know
DavidDvorkin
(19,494 posts)and the middle terraces. It was all very complicated.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)Lowland gorillas made more sense, before more exposure showed them to not be aggressive. It was an amazing story, very possible to many kids.
DavidDvorkin
(19,494 posts)But I thought they were a different, special kind of creature, known to Tarzan and Burroughs but not to the rest of the world They were the Mangani!
-none
(1,884 posts)Now we are not the only animal with a learned, spoken language.
Just wait till some other animal discovers fire and start cooking.
Baitball Blogger
(46,768 posts)more immediate than "Boom-boom-krak-oo"
And these monkeys must have watched some CNN back during the Bush years. If "wak", means it hasn't been confirmed yet, the meaning of "wak-o" must have been inspired by watching a war that was started by a president who didn't wait for proper confirmation.
corkhead
(6,119 posts)Response to corkhead (Reply #5)
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