Wild cat found mimicking monkey calls; Predatory trickery documented for the first time in wild felids in Americas

Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 15:21 in Biology & Nature

In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers 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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