Keeping our rodentia theme rolling, the BBC reports that, “A tiny rodent may have the most sophisticated language of any animal. This bold claim comes from US-based academic Professor Con Slobodchikoff who has long studied the vocal repertoire of Gunnison’s prairie dog.”
And what, exactly, are our prairie dog pals saying?
“Mac, you see that idiot in the orange vest?”
“Yeah – that redneck’s a real cow poke.”
“Isn’t that illegal in Colorado?”
“You reckon that dimwit couldn’t hit the broad side of a Humvee with that Chinese 30-30?”
“Hell no; he’s too fat to shoot straight. I can smell his Big Mac from 200 yards.”
“A real gourmand.”
Don’t laugh. The White Lab Coat guys are closing in on a startling piece of Nature’s puzzle, and when the final treatise is written, Homo erectus asphaltus is going to come off as the biggest bunch of geeks in planetary history. Because the truth is stranger than science …… animals not only communicate, but are a few clicks smarter than their two-legged monkey cousins.
Ain’t Nature fun?
posted by Mudd
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