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New Musicological Research on Gibbons

Pun alert! Well, we know that Gibbons made a great use of imitation, but I just what is all this Wah, Wow, Hooing all about?

White-handed gibbons in Thailand's forests have been found to communicate threats from predators by singing - the first time the behavior has been discovered among non-human primates, researchers said Wednesday. What they found, Clarke said, is that the gibbons approached the potential predator and began warbling a series of sounds - "wahs, wows and hoos" - that were picked up by other gibbons, who then repeated the calls to others.

Ahhh. There's canonic activity in them there trees!
Thailand Tree Apes Use Song As Warning via AP