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. 2018 Aug 20;28(16):R892-R894.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.039.

Animal Communication: Learning by Listening about Danger

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Animal Communication: Learning by Listening about Danger

Christopher N Templeton. Curr Biol. .
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A variety of animals eavesdrop and learn to use other species' alarm calls to avoid predators. Superb fairy-wrens, when hearing unfamiliar calls together with known alarm calls, can learn to associate these new calls with danger.

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