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The Speech of Monkeys

R L Garner

Garner's groundbreaking study of primate communication from the late 19th century remains a landmark achievement in the field of animal behavior. Based on extensive first-hand observations and experimentation, Garner's work challenges traditional notions of animal intelligence, and provides a compel...

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The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

It was Garner's first published book on the subject of monkey communication, which contained transcripts of his sessions with monkeys and was taken seriously by many despite lacking scientific basis.

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If they make a high-pitched squeal back-to-back one of them's having a birthday. If they do it three times it means they're organizing a surprise party for one of them having a birthday. It's all in m...

— Episode: 242 - The Monkey Whisperer

Episode: 242 - The Monkey Whisperer

It was Garner's first published book on the subject of monkey communication, which contained transcripts of his sessions with monkeys and was taken seriously by many despite lacking scientific basis.

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If they make a high-pitched squeal back-to-back one of them's having a birthday. If they do it three times it means they're organizing a surprise party for one of them having a birthday. It's all in my book.

Episode: 242 - The Monkey Whisperer

It was R.L. Garner's first book, published in 1892, where he presented his unsubstantiated claims about monkey communication, which were surprisingly taken seriously by some.

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If they go back to back with that one of them's having a birthday, huh? Yeah It's all in the book heavily researched book Birthday monkeys.

Well, I'm a scientist so that actually same. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, huh? Yeah Where'd you get your scientific degree from?

So the book had transcripts of his sessions with monkeys

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