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March 13, 2015
Q. OK, you crybaby. Which mother is likely to come tend to your needs? Your own momma?
A. When biologists Susan Lingle of the University of Winnipeg and Tobias Riede of Midwestern University ran acoustic experiments on a wide variety of infant mammals, they made a surprising finding: When mother deer heard recordings of infant fur seals, the deer reacted with concern, says Jason Goldman in Scientific American magazine. A similar response occurred when they heard recorded cries of elands, marmots, bats, sea lions, domestic cats, dogs and even humans.
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