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Mon Oct-15-07 04:41 PM
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Chimps exaggerate calls for help (BBC)

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Chimpanzees under attack exaggerate their screams to get help from higher ranking group members, researchers from Fife have discovered.

The study found primates produce high-pitched and prolonged screams when they were the victims of severe aggression such as beating.

Their cries were exaggerated if there was another higher-ranking chimp in the area who could challenge the aggressor.

St Andrews University experts spent nine months in Budongo Forest, Uganda.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7045092.stm

Higher ranking chimps? Like what, the Vice President?

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