Do Animals Have Accents?
CrowdScience
BBC
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
A cacophony of singing and screaming creatures’ accents are explored to answer: Can animals of the same species from different places communicate with each other? Presenter Geoff Marsh tries to identify how different these calls really sound for CrowdScience.
From wolves to birds to whales and chimpanzees, most animals use sound to communicate, but if groups in different places vocalise in different ways, they may not be able to communicate with others.
CrowdScience questioner, Kitty, sets us on an exploration of the vast and varied world of animal communication with inspiration from her dog Monty.
Presenter: Geoff Marsh Producer: Rory Galloway
(Photo: Three wolves howling on a cold day. Credit: Getty Images)
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| 1:09.5 | I'm Jeff Mush, and this amazing cacophony of animal calls, songs and vocalizations is what we'll be focusing on for this episode. |
| 1:16.0 | To help us answer a question sent to us by 12 year old Kitty, |
| 1:19.0 | who producer Rory and I braved the cold Northern English weather to go and meet along with her family and their beloved dog Monte. |
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