С АНГЛИЙСКИМ Dr Dolittle 1character in a children’s book. He 2 animals and he can talk to them. Now scientists from different universities are 3 on the Dr Dolittle Project to try to understand animal communication.
‘For centuries, people have tried to teach animals to communicate like humans’, said Michael Darre from the University of Connecticut. ‘And now we 4 “Why don’t we learn the animals’ language?” ’
In the last three years, scientists on the project have recorded sounds from elephants, rhinos, horses, chickens and dolphins. They also 5 the animals’ behaviour and put the data into a computer. African elephants at the theme park in Florida wear microphones to record their calls. 6nights, the scientists take off the microphones and then analyse the information.
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