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Mating Calls Bare More Than Desire

Courtship 'song' of desert creatures conveys complex info

By Victoria Floethe,  Newser User

Posted Jan 18, 2009 4:52 AM CST

(Newser) – Like human songs, animal calls are said to spur courtship, but what exactly does each wail and snort signify? To find out, a pair of Tel Aviv zoologists studied the mating songs of furry little rock hyraxes in the Judean desert. The researchers found that...   Read full story »

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