Cotton-top tamarin monkeys can also distinguish the order of words in a sentence and know when it is true and when it is not
Cross the road chickens.
We can all say what's wrong with that sentence. But can monkeys notice this?
According to a study conducted by primate scientists, the results of which were published in the journal Biology Letters on July 8, 2009, the answer appears to be yes. Saguinus Oedipus monkeys (Tamarin-head-cotton monkeys) can also notice this.
In the wild, cotton-top tamarin monkeys are about the size of a squirrel. These are New World primates and they have a prominent tuft of hair - long white fur on their head (see photos). Males and females have a similar weight - about 400 grams, and their length is 23 cm (head-tail). The cotton-head tamarin species is one of the most endangered species in the world. The species was declared endangered in 1973, after the export of 40,000 individuals to the USA for biomedical research. Today, the main threat to the survival of the species is the clearing of the forests in Colombia for agriculture and fuel, in addition to their poaching for the pet trade.
In the study reported in the journal Biology Letters, the researchers exposed the primates to a series of words, where each of these words was preceded by the word "Shui". The next day, the group of researchers played a new set of words to the monkeys; Now, each word was accompanied, after its pronunciation, by the word "shui".
The monkeys looked intently at the loudspeakers and responded alertly when "Shui" was changed from an antecedent word to an accompanying word or vice versa (below are links to the recordings of the words played to the monkeys preceded and-followed).
These responses indicate that the monkeys recognized the change in word order. The researchers concluded that monkeys, like humans, can recognize patterns and patterns of language. The fact that monkeys are also capable of this points to the early evolutionary origins of this linguistic ability.
Feeding of cotton-top tamarin monkey
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The wise miracle "read" body language, while the monkeys used the sense of hearing...
Sounds like the "smart miracle" effect.
(according to Wikipedia)
One of the most identical studies I've ever heard of. Shui? Cotton-head tamarind? And what does the movie have to do with it?