Media: BBC: Elephants learn through copying
| Submitter: |
Karen Chung
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| Submitter Email: | karchung@ntu.edu.tw |
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BBC text report and video, Wednesday, 23 March, 2005: Elephants learn through copying Elephants learn some of their calls through imitation, scientists report in this week's Nature magazine. They are the only land mammal, other than primates, that can undeniably copy sounds, the researchers claim. The discovery was made when an orphan elephant called Mlaika, who lived near a road, was observed to make a series of convincing truck sounds. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4377297.stm Karen Chung http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/ http://lists.topica.com/lists/phonetics/ |
| Issue Number: | 16.933 |
| Date Posted: | March 25, 2005 |
