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26th August 2022

TIL Prairie dog language is complex. They don’t just have a call for “danger”: their calls differentiate human, hawk,...

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TIL Prairie dog language is complex. They don’t just have a call for “danger”: their calls differentiate human, hawk, domesticated dog, coyote etc. and specify size & color. One study found that they can communicate “Here comes the short human in the yellow” (vs the tall human in blue) to each other

via reddit.com

how remarkable that these big squirrels have language complex enough to call that one researcher a manlet