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Re: Interesting article on goal-directed birdsong mimickry

Subject: Re: Interesting article on goal-directed birdsong mimickry
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 07:38:00 -0800
Birds aren't the only ones. Have a recording of killer whales
imitating seals barking, mt gorillas "singing" like birds, etc.

Bernie


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>Lead:
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>"Imitation of other species is one of the most intriguing and
>mysterious aspects of birdsong. Often - as in the case of mockingbirds
>- there seems to be little connection between what the bird is
>imitating and what it is doing at that moment. But in the rainforests
>of Sri Lanka, a bird that travels in mixed-species flocks has learned
>to use the calls of other species in the same contexts that those
>species use them, to apparently signal an alarm."
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>   83% happy
>    9% disgusted
>    6% fearful
>    2% angry
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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