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Pig grunts indicate their emotions

Pig grunts indicate their emotions

FromNaked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast


Pig grunts indicate their emotions

FromNaked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

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Length:
4 minutes
Released:
Mar 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

There are over 7,000 documented languages in the world to date, and now we might have another to add to the list: the one spoken by pigs. No, this is not an April Fool come early. Elodie Mandel-Briefer, from the University of Copenhagen, has assembled a vast dataset of pig noises. And by correlating the noises the animals produced in response to positive or negative experiences, she can pin emotions on sounds. Julia Ravey got in touch to find out if the research team responsible are completely off their trotters... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Released:
Mar 17, 2022
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Probing the weird, wacky and spectacular, the Naked Scientists Special Editions are special one-off scientific reports, investigations and interviews on cutting-edge topics by the Naked Scientists team.