Whale said: Inside the quest to eavesdrop on animals
India, Aug. 17 -- For centuries, human beings belie-ved they were the only species that could "speak".
The buzzing of bees, calls of birds, lion's roar and dolphin's screech were just a background score in this production in which we were the main characters; nobody else got any lines.
Then, in the early 1900s, Karl von Frisch proved that honeybees perform a dance in the hive that conveys to other bees where the nearest food sources are. This kicked off the study of how animals communicate.
By the 1960s, it was clear that certain species call and sing to each other in notes that vary with the message: summons, warning, invitation to mate. One such set of sounds, recorded by Roger Payne, Katy Payne and Scott McVay, became the best-selling 19...
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