From chirping birds to howling wolves, from the ticks and whistles of dolphins to the whoops and whirrs of gibbons, the natural world is filled with a myriad of animal sounds that are as diverse as they are numerous. But what is their purpose? How did they evolve? And will we ever be able to understand them?
In this episode, Dr. Aric Kirshenbaum a zoologist based at the University of Cambridge and author of the new book Why Animals Talk.
He will tell you why some animals are more talkative than others, how wolves have regional accents, and how dolphins name themselves.
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