The language of nature. Or, what happens if you slow down and listen.
Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 4:33PM
Colin Pistell in Musings, jungle, language, monkeys, nature, prairie dogs, primates

My friend Tristan forwarded this to me - it's from one of Radiolab's recent podcasts. The subject is language in nature:

The whole thing is extremely fascinating, but I love the part at the end - where Klaus understands the language of the Diana monkeys. Despite the immanent danger there was the sudden realization that, in that moment, he was simply another primate in the jungle.

Check it out.

The linguists: A prairie dog and a Diana monkey

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