Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls; Predatory Trickery Documented for the First Ti

common_sense_seeker · Jul 10, 2010

Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls; Predatory Trickery Documented for the First Time in Wild Felids in Americas

ScienceDaily (July 9, 2010) — In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and UFAM (Federal University of Amazonas) have documented a wild cat species imitating the call of its intended victim: a small, squirrel-sized monkey known as a pied tamarin. This is the first recorded instance of a wild cat species in the Americas mimicking the calls of its prey.
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Beautiful photo in link. Another sign of the ingenuity of the animal kingdom and just how scewed our knowledge is??

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Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls; Predatory Trickery Documented for the First Ti

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