Thursday, September 3, 2009

Nature Calls: Monkeys like Monkey Music, of course

(Credit: Photo by Bryce Richter)
The cute Cotton-top tamarin monkeys (not Artic Monkeys) grew calmer after they heard 'musical' compositions based on their own calm, friendly calls, but the monkeys became more agitated when University of Wisconsin-Madison psychology professor Charles Snowdon played music that contained elements of their own threatening or fearful calls.
I will now file this article in the section, I like to label as; the science of the 'Bleedin' Obvious'.

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