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How kangaroos "speak" with humans

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Eastern Grey Kangaroo Source: Barbara Barkhausen

Researchers believe that kangaroos can communicate with humans. For example, the prey convey their messages with intense glances. Behaviour like this was previously only known from domesticated animals. On the phone with me was my colleague Barbara Barkhausen, who took a closer look at the research findings.


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By Barbara Barkhausen ,, Trudi Latour

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Researchers believe that kangaroos can communicate with humans. For example, the prey convey their messages with intense glances. Behaviour like this was previously only known from domesticated animals. On the phone with me was my colleague Barbara Barkhausen, who took a closer look at the research findings.



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