Saturday, April 30, 2011

Bonobo Monkeys are Foodies

 Not only are bonobos foodies, they're communicating about it, too.

In the first study of its kind, researchers in the UK found the apes gave each other specific details about food quality.  The combination of five distinct calls into sequences allowed others to concentrate their foraging around areas known to contain preferred kiwi fruits.


Researchers found that when the bonobos discovered their preferred food, kiwis, they emitted higher pitched long barks and short "peeps".
When the bonobos found less-preferred apples they made lower pitch "peep-yelps" and yelps.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9469000/9469152.stm

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