Prairie Dogs Use Complex Language

February 2nd, 2010

BBC Earth News:

A tiny rodent may have the most sophisticated language of any animal. 

 This bold claim comes from US-based academic Professor Con Slobodchikoff who has long studied the vocal repertoire of Gunnison’s prairie dog.

With a single bark, he says, a prairie dog may warn about the type and direction of an encroaching predator, and even describe its colour…


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