Prairie Dog Language Translated: They Think We’re Fat
Using a "Rosetta Stone" technique, Dr. Con Slobodchikoff and his students have deciphered the language of prairie dogs and discovered that they can say things like, "there's a fat human coming and he's wearing green."
Using a “Rosetta Stone” technique, Dr. Con Slobodchikoff and his students have deciphered the language of prairie dogs and discovered that they can say things like, “there’s a fat human coming and he’s wearing green.”
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