10 incredible facts about languages - how animals communicate
Every animal in this world has its own language expressing the characteristics of each species. Below the surprising language of some animals will surely surprise you.
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1. The cat only mews with humans
Cats will never purr when communicating with each other, they use body language, some strange sounds or hiss. Only when standing in front of a human or their mother, a new cat mews for the purpose of getting attention, to feed, to greet, or to ask out.
2. The language of the prairie is more complex than that of humans
The prairie civet, or grassland squirrel, whose scientific name is Cynomys, is considered one of the smartest animals on Earth. According to the research results of scientists, the language of the prairie civet is even more complex than that of human language. Their language is not only for communication but also for sending a piece of information to the same type. With just a cry, they can inform, describe in detail the shape, size, color . of approaching hazards.
3. Wood beetle uses Morse code to communicate
Wood beetles use a communication method similar to Morse code, a type of character code used to transmit telegraph information. It dips its head into one end of the tunnel to resonate to the end of the tunnel and transmit messages to the group.
4. Elephants have their own voices and languages
Like us humans, each individual elephant also has a unique voice with opaque clarity and different colors.
Andrea Turkalo, a biologist, who has studied a herd of elephants in the Congo for nearly 19 years, discovered that elephants have a very special language. Turkalo can identify an elephant in the herd with its cry.
5. Hens and eggs can communicate with each other
In the animal world, maternal love is also very profound and sacred compared to humans. About a day before hatching, the chicks have now opened their eyes in eggs, they will be frightened. At this time, the mother chickens hear and will react to show their safety.
6. Baboons hate slang
In a recent study, scientists discovered an interesting language trait of baboons.
A group of 6 baboons were sent to the verbal tests for 6 weeks. They are considered words that include the original word and the meaningless word arranged as correct words. When asked to identify the right words and slang, baboons have passed these tests with an incredible accuracy of up to 75%! They even have manifestations of actions, cries that show they don't like slang words.
7. Frog can say
The Huia Cavitympanum bird species of the Ranidae family lives in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests of Southeast Asia. They can emit sounds at ultrasound frequencies and people cannot hear these ultrasound sounds. This frog has a concave eardrum on the side of the skull.
They can emit and hear sounds up to 38 khertz, while humans can only hear sounds at about 20kHz.
8. Dolphins learn a second language
While performing at a water park in France, dolphins were exposed to the song recordings of whales.
When studying the sounds of dolphins emitted when they slept, scientists discovered they were speaking another language. Strangely, this sound has a strange resemblance to the song of the whale, when they wake up, they never speak this language.
9. Parrots can talk
Parrots do not imitate the sounds they hear unconsciously but they actually learn words and can talk. The most famous is the Prudle parrot that was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records with the ability to remember 800 words until the time of death.
10. Some fish species use sign language
To convey information to the same species, some fish species use their own sign language. Typically, the coral grouper shakes, they use fins to create gestures. When bait is successful, they will direct their nose into the prey and dance to signal the herd to have bait. This fish also does the same thing to call the herd for its prey.
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