Vocalisations

Dr Arik Kershenbaum

Are sounds that animals use to communicate with each other considered to be “words”?

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The answer to the question in the title is currently believed to be no, but please read on. There is one highly qualified scientist and author who is able to answer the question in the title with precision. His name is Dr Arik Kershenbaum. He a fellow, Director of Studies and tutor at Girton College …

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Hawksbill sea turtle

Non-vocal species such as turtles are chatty

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It may surprise people, it certainly surprised me, that non-vocal species such as turtles and tortoises, lungfish and caecilians are actually quite vocal according to Gabriel Jorgewich-Coen, the lead researcher on a study and a PhD student at Zurich University. His team studied 53 species that are considered to be non-vocal and found that they …

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