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SUBMITTER: Vitousek MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2391237 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vitousek Maren N MN Adelman James S JS Gregory Nathan C NC Clair James J H St JJ
Biology letters 20071201 6
The ability to recognize and respond to the alarm calls of heterospecifics has previously been described only in species with vocal communication. Here we provide evidence that a non-vocal reptile, the Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), can eavesdrop on the alarm call of the Galápagos mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) and respond with anti-predator behaviour. Eavesdropping on complex heterospecific communications demonstrates a remarkable degree of auditory discrimination in a non ...[more]