Archive for November, 2009

Human Communication – Acquiring intonation

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Here, NPR reports on the intonation of the cries of infants:  Babies May Pick Up Language Cues in Womb.

Animal Communication

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Here’s an example of Hocket’s design feature interchangeabiliy – only male crickets chirp.  Slo-mo Cricket Chirps Reveal Secret Seranades discusses the chirp patterns of different species of crickets.  Overall, NPR’s Wild Sounds series is pretty interesting.

And, monkeys lie:  White Face Capuchin lies 

Here, crows crack nuts:  Wild crows in the city;  Here, a crow makes a tool:  Tool-making crow;  And crows teach each other to recognize danger:  Crows recognize faces