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Joel Kontinen
Tiny, monkeylike
creatures called tarsiers sing duets together in the style of opera singers
Scientists recorded tarsiers' duets on an Indonesian
island. They have been called Jedi master Yoda from "Star Wars"
films.
To learn more about the tarsiers, scientists
eavesdropped on them “ in Tangkoko National Park in Sulawesi, Indonesia in July
and August 2018, and captured 50 recordings of 14 pairs of Gursky’s spectral
tarsiers (Tarsius spectrumgurskyae) singing their morning duets.
Researchers from Sam Ratulangi University in Sulawesi and Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York, used machine learning to distinguish and classify notes and
musical phrases in the tarsiers' songs. Their findings, published Aug. 2 in the
journal Frontiers in
Ecology and Evolution(opens in new tab), suggest that these performances are so taxing that
not all tarsiers can hit the fast and high notes and duet proficiently.”
A study published in the journal Science on tarsier fossils found in China proposes that Asian tarsiers must have crossed the waters separating Asia and Africa, as evolutionists believe that "40 million years ago" Africa was an island continent.
Source;
Carter, Jamie. 2022, 'Yoda' primates sing duets like opera stars Live Science 8 August
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