monkeys

Today the Monkeys began their adventure into SCUBA at Scubaland Adventures here in Austin, Texas. (via Eco-monkeys)

Monkeys don't normally like human music. They prefer silence. But when researchers composed songs reminiscent of monkey vocalizations, the monkeys responded.

This raises the philosophical question of what music really is and may bring us closer to writing ditties that appeal exclusively to other species.

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Two new studies of animal intelligence caught my attention last week because they prove that humans are no better than dogs and monkeys.

This is something I’ve always felt to be true on an anecdotal level, and now cognitive science backs me up.

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