Wildlife Conservation Society finds wild cat mimicking monkey calls
Friday, July 9, 2010 - 06:56
in Biology & Nature
In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and UFAM (Federal University of Amazonas) have documented a wild cat species imitating the call of its intended victim: a small, squirrel-sized monkey known as a pied tamarin. This is the first recorded instance of a wild cat species in the Americas mimicking the calls of its prey...
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