Mice given human "language gene" - they squeak differently

[Tomisimo]

Since a lot of you like language, you'll probably enjoy this article.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science...ene/index.html

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

It sounds a bit scary to me, but it's rather amazing what is still to be known through those experiments and studies.

[bobjenkins]

No sabía que hubo este gene de los idiomas, ¡es muy interesante!

[irmamar]

I didn't know, either. Yes, that's very interesting, but the mice didn't speak,,,

[Jessica]

interesting!

[brute]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Since a lot of you like language, you'll probably enjoy this article.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science...ene/index.html

I live near the Lancashire/Yorkshire border in England. A common species of bat, the pipistrelle, apparently squeaks in two different dialects across the border. So do the natives. Detailed study of their voices suggests that they may even be two different species. The bats that is, not the people!!

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by brute

I live near the Lancashire/Yorkshire border in England. A common species of bat, the pipistrelle, apparently squeaks in two different dialects across the border. So do the natives. Detailed study of their voices suggests that they may even be two different species. The bats that is, not the people!!

Yes? That's really surprising! I had never heard such a thing. But are they two different species or just one?

I have a dog, a big dog and she barks louder than my neighbour dog, who barks as if she was a flute. They both bark in a different way, but they bark.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Yes? That's really surprising! I had never heard such a thing. But are they two different species or just one?

I have a dog, a big dog and she barks louder than my neighbour dog, who barks as if she was a flute. They both bark in a different way, but they bark.

I have a parrot so I read alot about parrots. The parrots in various parts of South America talk in different dialects, such as chirping differently. there have been studies where they have taken a parrot and relocated it to another region, the parrots in that region do not repond to his calls, they believe it is because they do not understand the calls of a different dialect.

¡Qué fascinación!

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

I have a parrot so I read alot about parrots. The parrots in various parts of South America talk in different dialects, such as chirping differently. there have been studies where they have taken a parrot and relocated it to another region, the parrots in that region do not repond to his calls, they believe it is because they do not understand the calls of a different dialect.

¡Qué fascinación!

Really curious! And is able a parrot relocated to learn the new dialect?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

It's true that parrots in different places "talk" differently... I've heard the same kind in two regions of Mexico and in Dominican Republic, and although there is a familiar sound, they seem to have a different range of "voice".


What kind of parrot do you have, Bob?