rreference:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120216095032.htm
Summary: Humans benefit from an extreme form of vocal plasticity which allows us to produce a wide range of sounds and accents, but in most other mammals, except, for example, bats and whales vocalisations were thought to be genetically determined, with very limited flexibility and ability to learn. Dr Briefer explains: "We found that genetically related kids produced similar calls, which is not that surprising. But the calls of kids raised in the same social groups were also similar to each other, and became more similar as the kids grew older. This suggests that goat kids modify their calls according their social surroundings, developing similar 'accents'."
Critique: It was very interesting and unusal.
Impact: It would be cool to have an accent from a goat kid if that is even possible, and could help the people who are trying to learn a new language instead of taking a couple of weeks or a month to learn you might be able to learn from a goat.
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This person did a great job explaining her topic. The article kept me engaged and interested the whole time. Overall emmy did a great job.
ReplyDeleteWait, i didn't get what a Goat kid was. Was it a kid who was raised by goats? Also i think this is a good thing to recognize because the more the world rolls down the hill the more we need to know how to know why things are happening like why this person wants to do this or that.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me sick to know this as factual. Kids get more and more like each other. In clothing, voice, and personality!!! The world will turn all emo or suicidal. YAAAAY ( sarcasm)