How to speak monkey: The language of cotton-top tamarins - Anne Savage
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The cotton-top tamarin is a very vocal monkey -- the species communicates
using a sophisticated language of 38 distinct and grammatically
structured calls! Anne Savage teaches a few of these chirps and
whistles, taking us through a day in the life of Shakira the tamarin
(using sounds pulled from the wild) as Shakira signals to her family,
talks to her food and warns against potential predators.
Do cotton-tops learn how to give vocalizations in the appropriate social context? Explain.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Anne Savage
- Director Avi Ofer
- Narrator Addison Anderson
