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Re: Hyenas and Small-Medium Predators

To: dbensen <dbensen@gotnet.net>
Subject: Re: Hyenas and Small-Medium Predators
From: John Bois <jbois@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 08:50:26 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: "Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>, dinosaur@usc.edu, rob_redwing@hotmail.com
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, dbensen wrote:

> I seem to recall a wildlife documentary where they showed monkeys  that would
> post senteries  in trees to watch out for snakes and eagles while the others
> milled around on the ground.  I remember it, because the monkeys had different
> calls for either "eagle" or "snake".

Yes.  This was vervet monkeys and are well known in evolution of language
literature.

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- Re: Hyenas and Small-Medium Predators
  - From: dbensen <dbensen@gotnet.net>

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