Pilot Whales Trick Their Predators By Mimicking Their Voices

07/12/2020 3 min Temporada 2 Episodio 435

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Episode Synopsis

A team out of New Curtin University in Australia has found that pilot whales appear to imitate one of their predators, tricking them away from the hunt. And in equally clever but much more irritating news, a neighborhood in Ottawa, Ontario reports squirrels are stealing the LED lights out of their holiday displays. 
Pilot whale study reveals copycat calls to outsmart predators (Science Daily)
Red squirrels going nuts for Ottawa couple's Christmas lights, but reason remains a mystery (CBC)
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