Zoo gorillas likely started “snoughing” to get their keepers’ attention, the researchers posit in a new paper published Wednesday in the journal Plos One. Scientists have never observed gorillas snoughing in the wild, which suggests apes kept in captivity can learn to make new sounds, a rare capability among animals.
Researchers suspect the animals caught on to the fact that sounds connected with illness got a response from the keepers.
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