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You know those old<\/a> saws<\/a> about Eskimos having dozens of words for “snow”? Well, in related news, it seems that prairie dogs have over a hundred words for “predator.”<\/a><\/p>\n

“Basically, prairie dogs are a universal lunch item. Everybody likes to feed on prairie dogs,” says animal behaviorist Con Slobodchikoff of Northern Arizona University.<\/p>\n

And the prairie dogs know that. When a predator approaches they emit a series of warning chirps.<\/p>\n

Prairie dogs can talk. At least that?s the startling conclusion reached by Slobodchikoff. His research flies in the face of conventional scientific thinking on the subject of animal intelligence. He maintains that prairie dogs can convey complex information through a language more sophisticated than that of any animal ever studied. Slobodchikoff has documented more than 100 prairie dog words all revolving around the same subject: predators.<\/p>\n

(via, once again, J-Walk<\/a>)<\/small> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know those old saws about Eskimos having dozens of words for “snow”? 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