Thursday, February 16, 2012

Regional Bleat

Science reports:  "goats have accents."

Via NBC New York
Researchers found that as goats grew older and moved with different herds, their voices changed to adopt the specific call of their new herd, the U.K. Daily Telegraph reported. That suggests a goat’s voice is not solely genetic, but is also a product of their environment.

Full article from NBC New York.  (NBC's coverage is more succinctly goat-centric than the Telegraph's.  And they have a better picture).