Science. 1980 Nov 14;210(4471):801-3.

Monkey responses to three different alarm calls: evidence of predator classification and semantic communication.

Abstract

Vervet monkeys give different alarm calls to different predators. Recordings of the alarms played back when predators were absent caused the monkeys to run into trees for leopard alarms, look up for eagle alarms, and look down for snake alarms. Adults call primarily to leopards, martial eagles, and pythons, but infants give leopard alarms to various mammals, eagle alarms to many birds, and snake alarms to various snakelike objects. Predator classification improves with age and experience.

PMID:: 7433999; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Publication Types, MeSH Terms, Grant Support

Publication Types

MeSH Terms

Grant Support

MH07446/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

COS Scholar Universe

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Hornbills can distinguish between primate alarm calls. [Proc Biol Sci. 2004]
Hornbills can distinguish between primate alarm calls.
Rainey HJ, Zuberbühler K, Slater PJ. Proc Biol Sci. 2004 Apr 7; 271(1540):755-9.
The alarm call system of two species of black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus polykomos and Colobus guereza). [J Comp Psychol. 2009]
The alarm call system of two species of black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus polykomos and Colobus guereza).
Schel AM, Tranquilli S, Zuberbühler K. J Comp Psychol. 2009 May; 123(2):136-50.
Meaning and emotion in animal vocalizations. [Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003]
Meaning and emotion in animal vocalizations.
Seyfarth RM, Cheney DL. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Dec; 1000:32-55.
Review Alarm calls and referentiality in Australian magpies: between midbrain and forebrain, can a case be made for complex cognition? [Brain Res Bull. 2008]
Review Alarm calls and referentiality in Australian magpies: between midbrain and forebrain, can a case be made for complex cognition?
Kaplan G. Brain Res Bull. 2008 Jun 15; 76(3):253-63. Epub 2008 Feb 26.
Review Rat 22kHz ultrasonic vocalizations as alarm cries. [Behav Brain Res. 2007]
Review Rat 22kHz ultrasonic vocalizations as alarm cries.
Litvin Y, Blanchard DC, Blanchard RJ. Behav Brain Res. 2007 Sep 4; 182(2):166-72. Epub 2006 Dec 14.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 37 PubMed Central articles

The emergence of hierarchical structure in human language. [Front Psychol. 2013]
The emergence of hierarchical structure in human language.
Miyagawa S, Berwick RC, Okanoya K. Front Psychol. 2013; 4:71. Epub 2013 Feb 20.
Recognition of non-harmonic natural sounds by small mammals using competitive training. [PLoS One. 2012]
Recognition of non-harmonic natural sounds by small mammals using competitive training.
Ojima H, Taira M, Kubota M, Horikawa J. PLoS One. 2012; 7(12):e51318. Epub 2012 Dec 10.
Who wants food? Individual characteristics in raven yells. [Anim Behav. 2012]
Who wants food? Individual characteristics in raven yells.
Boeckle M, Szipl G, Bugnyar T. Anim Behav. 2012 Nov; 84(5):1123-1130.

See all...

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Monkey responses to three different alarm calls: evidence of predator classifica...
Monkey responses to three different alarm calls: evidence of predator classification and semantic communication.
Science. 1980 Nov 14 ;210(4471):801-3.

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Result Filters

Display Settings:

Send to: