Friday, 15 July 2022

Some penguins adapt their accents to sound more like their friends

 

image courtesy of, CarlosJBJ, CC BY-SA 4.0. 

Joel Kontinen

Some penguins adapt their accents t sound more like their friends. .

 They are intelligently designed to live in water,

 Luigi Baciadonna at the University of Turin, Italy, and his colleagues recorded African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) analysed specific vocal calls, which the penguins make when they are isolated or trying to keep track of their friends and found they were doing just that.


Source:

Wilkins Alex, 2022, Penguins adapt their accents to sound more like their friends New Scientistts 13 July,