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Study: Goats Can Have "Accents"?

via lukecaseinpoint:

murrayscheese:

Oi! Oy’m a goat frum Angland!

Seeing as I’ve been feeding goats every day for the past week I wonder if they’d respond differently if I speak to them in a German accent during tomorrow morning’s breakfast feed. Sam, the billy has a completely different baaa to his harem of 14 ladies. Much lower and surprisingly quieter.  ”Researchers found that as goats grew older and moved with different herds, their voices changed to adopt the specific call of their new herd”….


Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/weird/Goats-Have-Accents—139439808.html#ixzz1mkwFDkCR