Goats 'can develop their own accents'

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Researchers found the animals develop their own speaking voice when they move away from their siblings and mingle with others.
They found that a goats' "accent' changed as they grew older and moved in different groups, disproving claims that their voices were entirely genetic.
The team, from Queen Mary University of London, said their findings are the first to suggest that most mammals can develop an accent from their surroundings.
Previously, only a select group of mammals including humans, elephants and dolphins were thought to be able to pick up an accent.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9085654/Goats-can-develop-their-own-accents.html

[Glassunion]

1. Not to mention they start calling the bathroom a loo if they move really far away.

[xchrom]

2. Du rec. Nt

[BuroshKozorg]

3. This is pretty interesting research.

I wonder how they determined the difference between goat accents. The article wasn't too clear on that. It all sounds the same to me.

When I was a kid I wondered if animals from different parts of the world could understand each other. For instance, I was curious to know if Siberian Huskies could understand Beagles from the United States, or if Poodles understood Golden Retrievers.

[HopeHoops]

4. We have cross-species communication right here in the house.

For many years, we've used "eh, eh, eh" as a "don't do that" noise. One of our cats not ONLY uses it to discipline other creatures (including a dog that weighs far more than her), but when she knows she's being naughty (like being on the sink), she'll do it herself before jumping down.

[Thor_MN]

5. Well, like, totally, their speech, like, changed, as they got, totally, older.